Anathema (in Greek Ανάθεμα) originally meant something lifted up as an offering to the gods; later, with evolving meanings, it came to mean: to be formally set apart; banished, exiled, excommunicated; denounced, sometimes accursed; or a literary term Interpretation There's some difficulty translating this word, especially since it's now become commonly associated with the term accursed. The original meaning of the Greek word, as used in non-Biblical Greek… (More on Anathema)