To pronounce an anathema against someone or something; to curse, condemn, or excommunicate formally.
From anathema plus -ise (British) or -ize (American) (to make or do). Means to perform the act of cursing or condemning.
When medieval bishops anathematised someone, bells would toll, candles would be extinguished, and the person would be utterly cut off from Christian society—it was spiritual warfare expressed as theater.
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