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Sacreligious vs Anathema - What's the difference?

sacreligious | anathema |

As nouns the difference between sacreligious and anathema

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

sacreligious

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Noun

(head)
  • 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.
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  • 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. ----