See also:

• ANATHEMA (from Gr. avarz6 'cu, to lift up)

ANATHEMA (from Gr. avarz6 'cu, to lift up)  , literally an offering, a thing set aside . The classical See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form luniOnµa (See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• ANATHEMA (from Gr. avarz6 'cu, to lift up)

anathema) was the technical See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift (cf. donariunz, oblatio) made to a See also:

• GOD

god either in gratitude or with a view to propitiation . Thus at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens the Thesmothetae (perhaps all the archons) made a See also:

• VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

vow that, should they break any See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, they would dedicate a See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• SIZE

size gilt statue in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple at See also:

• DELPHI (the Pytho of Homer and Herodotus; in Boeotian inscriptions BeA4oi, on coins Aa)tg5oi)

Delphi . Similarly, of spoils taken in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, a See also:

• PART

part, generally a tenth, was dedicated to the god of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city (e.g. to See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena); to this class probably belong the trophies erected by the victors on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• BATTLE

battle; sometimes a captured See also:

• SHIP

ship was placed upon a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill as an offering to See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon (See also:

• NEPTUNE
• NEPTUNE (Lat. NEPTUNUS)

Neptune) . Persons who had recovered from an illness offered anathemata in the temples of Asclepius (See also:

• AESCULAPIUS (Gr. 'AoKXiprtos)

Aesculapius); those who had escaped from ship-See also:

• WRECK

wreck offered their clothes, or, if these had been lost, a See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, to Neptune (See also:

• HOR, MOUNT (nirt)

Hor . Odes, i . 5 . 13; Virg . Aeneid, xii . 768) . The latter offering was very commonly made by See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young men and girls, especially young brides . See also:

• WORKS

Works of See also:

• ART

art of all kinds and the implements of a craftsman giving up his See also:

• WORK

work were likewise dedicated .

Such presents were far more See also:

• COMMON

common, as also more valuable, among the Greeks than among the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . Similar practices were prevalent, to an extent hardly realized, among the Christians up to the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages and even later . Just as the ancients hung their offerings on trees, temple columns and the images of the gods, so offerings were made to the See also:

• CROSS

Cross, to the Virgin See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary and on altars generally . In the form anathema, the word is used in the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint, See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

ANATOMY the New Testament and ecclesiastical writers as the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew herein; which is commonly translated " accursed thing " (A.V.) or " devoted thing " (R.V.; cf. the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman devotio) . In Hebrew the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root h-r-m means to " set apart," " devote to Yahweh," for destruction; but in Arabic it means simply to See also:

• SEPARATE

separate or seclude (cf . " See also:

• HAREM

harem ") . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of destruction or perdition is thus a secondary meaning of the word, which gradually lost its See also:

• PRIMARY

primary sense of See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration . In the New Testament, though it is used in the sense of " offering " (See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke xxi . 5), it generally signifies " separated " from the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, i.e . " accursed " (cf . Gal. i . 8 ff.; 1 See also:

• COR

Cor. xvi .

22), and it became the See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula of See also:

• EXCOMMUNICATION (Lat. ex, out of, away from; communis, common)

excommunication from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• CHALCEDON
• CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF

Chalcedon in 451, especially against heretics, e.g. in the canons of the council of See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent and those of the Vatican council of 187o . See EXCOMMUNICATION; See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

PENANCE . The expression maranatha (" the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord cometh "), which follows anathema in r Cor. xvi . 22, is often erroneously quoted as though it were an amplification of the curse .