Definitions
1.nounA ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
2.noun(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
3.nounAn imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
4.nounAny person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.