What is an imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray called?
anathema — An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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