Anathema vs Esteemed - What's the difference?
anathema | esteemed |
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
By extension, something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
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An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
* 2002 , Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea , Vintage 2003, p. 30:
Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
* John Locke
As a noun anathema
is a ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.As an adjective esteemed is
respected, having respect or admiration from others.As a verb esteemed is
(esteem).anathema
English
(wikipedia anathema)Noun
(en-noun)- That was a curse from which no flight was possible: the anathema of a man who had once known holiness.
- The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction.