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Noun: anathema  u'na-thu-mu
  1. A detested person
    "he is an anathema to me";
    - bête noire
     
  2. A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

Derived forms: anathemas

Type of: condemnation, curse, disagreeable person, execration, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Anathema

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