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                    as in to curse
                                                
              
          
                                                      to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon                                       
              
                             heretics anathematized by the church leaders                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to denounce
                                                
              
          
                                                      to declare to be morally wrong or evil                                       
              
                             fundamentalist preachers who anathematize any departure from a literal interpretation of the Bible                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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