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anathematize

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a·nath·e·ma·tize  (-nth-m-tz)
tr.v. a·nath·e·ma·tized, a·nath·e·ma·tiz·ing, a·nath·e·ma·tiz·es
To proclaim an anathema on; curse.
[Late Latin anathematzre, from Greek anathematizein, from anathema, anathemat-, anathema; see anathema.]
a·nathe·ma·ti·zation (-t-zshn) n.
anathematize, anathematise [əˈnæθɪməˌtaɪz]
vb
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to pronounce an anathema (upon a person, etc.); curse
anathematization , anathematisation n
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Verb1.anathematize - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse, anathematise, comminate, execrate, anathemise, anathemize
deplore - express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
Translations
anathematize [əˈnæθɪmətaɪz] VT → anatematizar
anathematize
vt (Eccl) → mit dem Bann belegen


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Is Archbishop Hutchison planning to anathematize all such wayward Anglicans publicly in Toronto's St.
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" Meanwhile, Ellen Goodman conjures up apocalyptic visions of a "country racked by the fundamentalist religious wars we see across the world," and Sean Wilentz anathematizes "the religious fanaticism that has seized control of the federal government.
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As the British journalist Bernard Levin wrote after seeing the play, "The charge is that he failed to excommunicate or anathematize Hitler, failed to denounce his slaughter of the Jews, failed to order his church to pray for the martyred, failed even to tear up the Concordat.
To the Editors by Commonweal
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