Anathema
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ANATHEMA, eccl. law. A punishment by which a person is separate from, the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the faithful: it differs from excommunication, which simply forbids the person excommunicated, from going into the church and communicating with the faithful. Gal. 1. 8, 9.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.