/ · 1894 Brewer’s · M · Maranatha (Syriac, the Lord will come—i.e. to execute judgment)
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A form of anathematising among the Jews. The Romans called a curse or imprecation a devotion—i.e. given up to some one of the gods.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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