anátema

See also: anatema, anatemă, and anatemą

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ (ănắthemă).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -atemɐ, -atɨmɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ná‧te‧ma

Noun

anátema m (plural anátemas)

  1. anathema (sentence that expels a Catholic from the Church)
    Synonym: excomunhão
  2. curse, imprecation
  3. condemnation, rebuke, reproof

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