anathema
a
[[LL(Ec) < Gr, thing devoted to evil; previously, anything devoted < anatithenai, to dedicate < ana-, up + tithenai, to place: see do1]]
1 a thing or person accursed or damned
2 a thing or person greatly detested
3
a) a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a teaching judged to be gravely opposed to accepted church doctrine, or of the originators or supporters of such a teaching
b) the excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
—adj.
1 greatly detested
2 viewed as accursed or damned
3 subjected to an ecclesiastical anathema
