anathema

     

Anathema (in Greek Ανάθεμα) meaning originally something lifte up as an offering to the gods; later, with evolving meanings, it came to mean:

Trivia about anathema

  • A condemnation, akin to excommunication, it's come to mean anything one despises
  • "Maranatha" often followed this 9-letter word used as an ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication