Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ə.ˈnæ.θɛ.mə/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.aforoz
2.lanetleme
3.lanet

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
  2. By extension, something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
  3. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  4. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

Exempel

  • Even three years ago, the thought of spending two hours, let alone a whole day, without my mobile would have been anathema.
  • That was a curse from which no flight was possible: the anathema of a man who had once known holiness.
  • The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction.
  • An anathema is a ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed.
  • That was a curse from which no flight was possible: the anathema of a man who had once known holiness. (Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea)

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