anathema

  1. Noun.  A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed.
  2. Noun.  An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  3. Noun.  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

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