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 is some difficulty translating this word, especially since it has now become commonly associated with the term accursed. The original meaning of the Greek w