Anathematize Definition

ə-năthə-mə-tīz
anathematized, anathematizes, anathematizing
verb
anathematized, anathematizes, anathematizing
To proclaim an anathema on; curse.
American Heritage
To utter an anathema (against); curse.
Webster's New World

To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.

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Origin of Anathematize

  • Late Latin anathematīzāre from Greek anathematizein from anathema anathemat- anathema anathema

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Anathematize Sentence Examples

  • Science fiction fandom is notably laissez faire on social issues, and many a sci-fi discussion on Card has degenerated into whether or not you can support, by your purchase of his books, a writer whose beliefs many anathematize.

  • This enumeration was also adopted in 1575 as against the Augustan confession of the year 1540 by Jeremiah Patriarch of Constantinople, and again in a council held in the same city in 1639 to anathematize Cyril Lucar, who with the Anglicans recognized two only, baptism and the Eucharist.

  • The former summoned councils in Rome to anathematize and excommunicate the image-breakers (730, 732); Leo retaliated by transferring southern Italy and Greece from the papal diocese to that of the patriarch.

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