Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - anathema
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If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it. Violence was anathema to them. N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Late Latin ~t-, ~, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set — more at do Date: 1526 1. a. one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority b. someone or something intensely disliked or loathed — usually used as a predicate nominative this notion was ~ to most of his countrymen — S. J. Gould 2. a. a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication b. the denunciation of something as accursed c. a vigorous denunciation ; curse ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. anathemas) 1 a detested thing or person (is anathema to me). 2 a a curse of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. b a cursed thing or person. c a strong curse. Etymology: eccl.L, = excommunicated person, excommunication, f. Gk anathema thing devoted, (later) accursed thing, f. anatithemi set up ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. церк. анафема, отлучение от церкви 2. проклятие incoherent anathemas —- бессвязные проклятия to fulminate anathemas —- сыпать проклятиями, осыпать бранью his misbehaviour brought upon him his father's anathema —- он вел себя недостойно, и отец проклял его 3. человек, отлученный от церкви, преданный анафеме 4. отщепенец; человек, заклейменный позором, отлученный от общества 5. предмет ненависти, осуждения или порицания these ideas are (an) anathema to me —- эти мысли мне ненавистны here his name is anathema —- его имя произносят здесь с ужасом и отвращением ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1526, from L. anathema, from Gk. anathema "a thing accursed," originally "a thing devoted," from ana- "up" + tithenai "to place." Originally simply a votive offering, by the time it reached L. the meaning had progressed through "thing devoted to evil," to "thing accursed or damned." Later applied to persons and the Divine Curse. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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