Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAR-A-NA'THA
MAR-A-NA'THA, n. [Syriac.]
The Lord comes or has come; a word used by the apostle Paul in expressing a curse. This word was used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, “may the Lord come quickly to take vengeance on thee for thy crime.” Calmet.
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