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'''Anathema''', is from the Greek word '''άνάθεμα''' ''anathema'', from Greek '''άνάτιθεναι''' ''anatithenai'', from the Greek '''άνά''' ''ana'' up + '''τιθεναι''' ''tithenai'' to set, to place, dedicate; originally "a thing devoted," literally "a thing set up (to the gods)". Originally an anathema was simply a votive offering. With the spread of Christianity, it came to mean "anything dedicated (to evil)"; thus, a thing or person greatly abhorred, detested, cursed ("accursed") as utterly unacceptable, rejected, condemned, '''damned'''. It has both [[Religion|religious]] and [[secular]] meanings.

'''Anathema''', is from the Greek word '''άνάθεμα''' ''anathema'', from Greek '''άνάτιθεναι''' ''anatithenai'', from the Greek '''άνά''' ''ana'' up + '''τιθεναι''' ''tithenai'' to set, to place, dedicate; originally "a thing devoted," literally "a thing set up (to the gods)". Originally an anathema was simply a votive offering to the gods or to God. With the spread of Christianity, it came to mean "anything dedicated (to evil)"; thus, a thing or person greatly abhorred, detested, cursed ("accursed") as utterly unacceptable, rejected, condemned, '''damned'''. It has both [[Religion|religious]] and [[secular]] meanings.

In religion an anathema is a curse pronounced by an authorized religious or ecclesiastical authority on anything or anyone that is found to be unacceptable, disapproved, rejected, or is officially [[Excommunication|excommunicated]].  

In religion an anathema is a curse pronounced by an authorized religious or ecclesiastical authority on anything or anyone that is found to be unacceptable, disapproved, rejected, or is officially [[Excommunication|excommunicated]].