ETYM Latin anathema, from Greek, anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also Latin anathema; ana up + stellein to set. Related to Thesis.
1. A detested person; SYN. bete noire.
2. A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication.
3. Curse, generally by ecclesiastical authorities; act of cursing; thing cursed; object of hatred.
4. Something that is shunned or cursed. The word is used in the Christian church in excommunication. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin excommunicatio: cf. French excommunication.
1. The act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church.
2. The state of being excommunicated; SYN. exclusion, censure.
In religion, exclusion of an offender from the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholic Church. The English monarchs King John, Henry VIII, and Elizabeth I were all excommunicated. + prikaži više