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s | anathema |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun anathema is

a ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    anathema

    English

    (wikipedia anathema)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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.
  • * '>citation
  • An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  • * 2002 , Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea , Vintage 2003, p. 30:
    • That was a curse from which no flight was possible: the anathema of a man who had once known holiness.
  • Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
  • * John Locke
    • The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction.

    Derived terms

    () * anathematic * anathematise * anathematism

    See also

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    References

    New Advent: The Catholic on-line encyclopedia. ----