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Noun: anathematisation  u,na-thu-mu-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], u,na-thu-mu-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: anathematization)
  1. The formal act of pronouncing someone or something accursed
    "The church's anathematisation of the heretic was a solemn ceremony";
    - anathematization

Type of: banishment, proscription

Encyclopedia: Anathematisation