From the Greek for "to set up" or "to dedicate", it was used in the Old Testament to signify an object set apart for sacrificial offering.  
From the Greek for "to set up" or "to dedicate", it was used in the Old Testament to signify an object set apart for sacrificial offering.  St. Paul later used the word to signify a curse and forced expulsion of one from a community of Christians, and St. Cyril of Alexandria proposed twelve against the principles of Nestorius.  Identify this word which has come to designate the severest form of excommunication used against heretics, or colloquially, FTP, anyone who is intensely disliked.
From the Greek for "to set up" or "to dedicate", it was used in the Old Testament to signify an object set apart for sacrificial offering.  
anathema