anathema

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
  2. (broadly) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
  3. (literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  4. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/əˈnæθəmə/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Borrowed from Late Latin anathema (“curse, person cursed, offering”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema, “something dedicated, especially dedicated to eternal damnation”), from ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi, “I set upon, offer as a votive gift”), from ἀνά (aná, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”). The Ancient Greek term was influenced by Hebrew חרם (herem), leading to the sense of "accursed," especially in Ecclesiastical writers.

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