▪ I. anatheme
(ˈænəθiːm)
[a. Fr. anatheme (Cotgr.), ad. L. anathēma a dedicated offering, a. Gr. ἀνάθηµα a thing set up: see anathema 3.]
An offering dedicated to God.
| 1654 Lestrange Charles I, 71 Colours taken forty four, hung up as An[a]themes..in the Church of Nostre Dame. 1850 J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §286 The pillars..upon which were destined to be placed cauldrons, tripods and other anathemes. |
▪ II. anatheme
variant of anathem, Obs., anathema.