Found 3 items, similar to Anathemas.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: anathema kutuk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: anathema anathema n 1: a detested person; “he is an anathema to me” [syn: bete noire ] 2: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anathemas Anathema \A*nath"e*ma\, n.; pl. Anathemas. [L. anath[e^]ma, fr. Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath[=e]ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See Thesis.] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [1913 Webster] [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. --Priestley. [1913 Webster] 2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [1913 Webster] Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [1913 Webster] The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Anathema Maranatha(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [1913 Webster]