Past tense of anathematise; pronounced an anathema against, cursed, or excommunicated formally.
From anathematise in past tense. Describes a completed act of formal religious condemnation or cursing.
Some of history's most fascinating figures were anathematised—brilliant people condemned by religious authorities who later turned out to be right (like Galileo getting his anathematisation reversed after 400 years).
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