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- noun Plural form of
anathema .
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Examples
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They called anathemas upon his unborn children; and of their dead, who should be imprisoned in darkness in the depths of the sea, they furiously invoked upon
The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��
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Like al-Sadr, Cyril, too, disciplined his followers with pronouncements that cast deviants beyond the protection of the church and the law: Christians then called them "anathemas"; Muslims today call them "fatwas."
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Though feebly enforced by the Turkish authorities this gave weight and influence, for a time, to the "anathemas," of the Maronite and
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Rufus Anderson 1838
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But needs must – how else would the continent's 400 bishops get to Uganda in reasonable comfort to hear Orombi's anathemas?
Diary 2010
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He goes on to quote George Rochberg: "[Twelve tone composers] have proclaimed an orthodox cultural church, with its hierarchy, gospel, beliefs and anathemas."
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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She continued to cling to me, uttering muffled anathemas against Cumming, and at last came to the surface, moist and pink.
Watershed 2010
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Daily viewing will keep one abreast of new anathemas (i.e., socialism) and potential saviors (Sarah Palin).
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Let us ignore the anathemas and instead think about what policies would be required to move to a steady-state economy.
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Bureaucratic regulations are in and of themselves not anathemas to great design as some vocally voice.
Pure Geography 2007
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For a time, he subscribed to all the apparatus of modernism — its ditching of the ‘anecdotal’ and ‘illusionist’; its blaring manifestos and fierce anathemas.
Fiery genius 2009
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