Meaning of anathemize | Babel Free

Definitions

To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.

Examples

“What does Augustine want⟳ done? He invites Felix to anathemize Mani — but adds, ' magnanimously, ' that no one will compel him to do so. Of course Augustine had just threatened from his cathedra, surrounded by his faithful, to anathemize Felix — with grave possible consequences.”

“We anathemize all those who say⟳ that man can be without sin, if he wants to, without the help⟳ of God; we anathemize those who say⟳ that death does not come⟳ through Adam and that life does not come⟳ through Christ; we anathemize those who say⟳ that one who is born from two baptized parents does not need⟳ to be baptaized;”

“Likewise, jihadists – Muslim fundamentalists who advocate armed struggle⟳ against what they perceive as Islam's enemies – anathemize the secular West, all it stands for, and its inhabitants as well, while secular Westerners express⟳ an analogous sentiment, in words and deeds, toward the miltant followers of Muhammad.”

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