noun

• (ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
• (by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
• (literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
• (ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.