to anathematize

Examples

• All

• It is this reason, among others, I would suggest, that Trent made a point of anathematizing those who threatened this Catholic Tradition and the Roman Liturgical heritage of how it is to be applied.

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• Simply unbelievable: now you must anathematize certain sites and put them on a proscribed list lest the faithful have their faith corrupted?

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• First comes rejection of the Church and the Pope, then comes the council to clarify and anathematize.

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• It was to proclaim no new doctrines, and no one was to be anathematized in its proceedings.

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• Read it again: it doesn't rule out the Church allowing either vernacular or proclaiming prayers aloud; it anathematizes those who call into question liturgy that does not do these things.

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• We excommunicate and anathematize every heresy that raises against the holy, orthodox, and Catholic faith which we have above explained; condemning all heretics under whatever names they may be known, for while they have different faces, they are nevertheless bound to each other by their tails, since in all of them vanity is a common element.

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• To reiterate, in the end, Rome will say that Ecne's views are (or almost all) permitted (however laughingly simplistic), but she will refuse to condemn and anathematize other, more Hegelian and more advanced views.

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• It went beyond the position of Canon 7 of Trent's decree, De sacramento ordinis, anathematizing those who hold that bishops have the power to confirm and ordain in common with priests.

  Academic text (2001)

• The council decided to anathematize the teachings that were seen as corrupting the faith of the community.

• She felt it was necessary to anathematize those who spread falsehoods about the religion.

Synonyms

C

to condemn

vsto anathematize

298 4.0

To strongly criticize someone or something publicly

is harsher and includes formal cursing and threats of divine punishment

A

to accurse

vsto anathematize

• Archaic

15 9.9

To say that someone will have bad luck or be punished

is similar but focuses on doom rather than ritual denunciation

B

to beshrew

vsto anathematize

• Archaic

1 9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone

is the same idea but used in modern formal denunciation contexts

E

to execrate

vsto anathematize

• Formal

1 9.9

To strongly hate and say someone or something is very bad

is similar but is specifically a formal curse with divine threat

A

to anathemize

vsto anathematize

• Formal

9.9

To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided

is the same in meaning but is the modern preferred form

C

to comminate

vsto anathematize

• Archaic

9.9

To threaten someone with God's punishment or say they are cursed

is similar but is more about formal condemnation than threat

I

to imprecate

vsto anathematize

• Offensive

9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone, often by saying a curse

is like this but adds formal public condemnation and divine threat

Antonyms

B

to bless

• Formal

624 3.5

To make something holy by a religious act

A

to absolve

• Formal

50 7.2

Make someone officially free from blame, guilt, or responsibility

How Condemning

to anathematize

• Formal

1 9.9

to denounce

• Formal

115 6.8

to condemn

46 4.8

to criticize

701 3.3

to disapprove

94 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology