n.;
[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 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 ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22),
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;;
v. t. [ Cf. Icel. sneiða to cut into alices, snīða to cut; akin to AS. besn&aemacr_;dan, snīðan, G. schneiden, OHG. snīdan, Goth. sneiþan to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe. ] To lop; to prune. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]