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Anathema Maranatha — Anathema A*nath e*ma, n.; pl. {Anathemas}. [L. anath[e^]ma, fr. Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath[=e]ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See {Thesis}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anathema — • Placed on high, suspended, set aside Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anathema Anathema † … Catholic encyclopedia
MARANATHA — Hesych. Μαραναθὰ, ὁ Κύριος ἦλθεν, ἢεἶδον τὸν Κύριον. Vide Suidam. Syriaca vox est, et significat, Dominus venit. 1 Cor. c. 16. v. 22. Si quis non amat Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, sit anathema maranatha. Id est, exponente Theodoretô, Sit… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
anathema — (n.) 1520s, an accursed thing, from L. anathema an excommunicated person; the curse of excommunication, from Gk. anathema a thing accursed, originally a thing devoted, lit. a thing set up (to the gods), from ana up (see ANA (Cf. ana )) + tithenai … Etymology dictionary
Maranatha — Mar a*nath a, n. [Aramaic m[=a]ran ath[=a].] Our Lord cometh; an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anathema — A*nath e*ma, n.; pl. {Anathemas}. [L. anath[e^]ma, fr. Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath[=e]ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See {Thesis}.] 1. A ban or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maranatha — For other uses, see Maranatha (disambiguation). Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
Maranatha — late 14c., a Bible word, from Gk. maranatha, untranslated Semitic word in I Cor. xvi:22, where it follows Gk. anathema, and therefore has been taken as part of a phrase and used as a curse. Usually assumed to be from Aramaic maran atha Our Lord… … Etymology dictionary
maranatha — [mar΄ə nath′ə] n. [ME < ML(Ec) < Gr(Ec), assumed to be < Aram māranā thā, O Lord, come, but prob. false transliteration of Heb moḥorām atta, you are put under the ban] an invocation to the Lord, sometimes regarded as forming, with the… … English World dictionary
MARANATHA — (lit. the Lord cometh to judge), a form of anathema in use among the Jews … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
