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Maranaʹtha (Syriac, the Lord will comei.e. to execute judgment)

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A form of anathematising among the Jews. The Romans called a curse or imprecation a devotioni.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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Manumit
Manure
Many
Many a Mickle makes a Muckle
Many Men, Many Minds
Maori (The)
Mara
Marabou Feathers
Marabout (in French)
Marabuts
Maranatha (Syriac, the Lord will comei.e. to execute judgment)
Maravedi
Marbles
Marcassin (The Prince)
Marcella
Marcellina
Marcellus (in Dibdin’s Bibliomania, a romance,)
March
March Dust
March Hare
Marches (boundaries)

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Maranatha