(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]
Synonyms: ban, curse
(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
Synonyms: antipathy, bΓͺte noire, bugbear
(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
(ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.