But he began to curse -- "anathematize," or wish himself accursed if what he was now to say was not true. and to swear -- or to take a solemn oath. saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. ❋ Unknown (1871)
These same people who anathematize Israel do not march against China for its rape of Tibet, against North Korea for its threatened obliteration of the South, against the Arab nations that have barred other religions from practice and discriminated in vicious and consistent ways against women, homosexuals and dissidents. ❋ Rabbi David Wolpe (2011)
At Nuremberg, our civilization developed a vehicle to anathematize men imbued with evil. ❋ William Shawcross (2012)
Marginalize, privatize, anathematize: These are the successive goals of gay-marriage advocates when it comes to their opponents. ❋ Matthew J. Franck (2010)
Clearly a determined effort is afoot, in cultural bastions controlled by the left, to anathematize traditional views of sexual morality, particularly opposition to same-sex marriage, as the expression of "hate" that cannot be tolerated in a decent civil society. ❋ Matthew J. Franck (2010)
The Obama Disconnect was extremely well calculated to call out to those glimmerings, and Micah has chosen to encourage Obama's best instincts rather than anathematize him for going over the the Dark Side of the Force. ❋ Sifry, Micah L. (2010)
If orthodoxy involves assenting to the creeds of Nicaea and Chalcedon, then can one accept the doctrinal formulations of these documents while at the same time rejecting the authority of the church to define doctrine and anathematize dissenters? ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)
Insiders may anathematize deviationism, but ordinary readers know better. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Insiders may anathematize deviationism, but ordinary readers know better." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Boot-strap means stripped-down tax and regulatory policies that allow the economy to grow faster -- what Barack Obama and Joe Biden continually anathematize as "deregulation." ❋ Unknown (2008)
Make no mistake: I loathe, I anathematize, all the fiercely malignant, greedy, mean-spirited, rubber-stamping, corporofascist Republican leaders, but they can neither surprise nor wound me. ❋ Unknown (2008)
It is, as the letter writer points out, absolutely outrageous to publicly characterize as "an abomination" a loving relationship or anathematize contraceptive practices as "murder." ❋ Unknown (2008)
So saying, Grandet returned to his private room, where Nanon heard him moving about, rummaging, and walking to and fro, though with much precaution, for he evidently did not wish to wake his wife and daughter, and above all not to rouse the attention of his nephew, whom he had begun to anathematize when he saw a thread of light under his door. ❋ Unknown (2007)
But, after all, I do not believe that uncircumcision ought now to produce such abominable horrors; and especially I do not think that men should hate, detest, anathematize, and damn one another every Saturday and Sunday, on account of a morsel more or less of flesh. ❋ Unknown (2007)
They would anathematize a part of the New Testament if they had not heard by whom it was written. ❋ Unknown (2007)
In 381 was held, by order of the emperor Theodosius, a great council at Constantinople, of one hundred and fifty bishops, who anathematize the Council of Rimini. ❋ Unknown (2007)
