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Definition of Anathematization
1. Noun. The formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed.
Generic synonyms: Banishment, Proscription
Derivative terms: Anathematise, Anathematize
Definition of Anathematization
1. n. The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.
Definition of Anathematization
1. Noun. The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anathematization
Literary usage of Anathematization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out.
Shocked and terrified boy takes flight, seeks his fortune, gets aboard ship, ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"... accused him of having himself fallen into the opposite heresy of Sabellianism ;
and so they succeeded in procuring his anathematization and deposition. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... in the sense in which it is found in that work; (3) dogmatically, by a solemn
affirmation of some truth or the anathematization of a falsehood. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"... rejection, and anathematization of everything contrary to the decrees of the
general councils as well as all heresies rejected by the church. ..."
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