Anathema
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In ecclesiastical law
A punishment by which a person is separated from the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the faithful. It differs from excommunication, which simply forbids the person excommunicated from going into the church and communicating with the faithful.