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maranatha
[ mar-uh-nath-uh ]
interjection
- O Lord, come: used as an invocation in the New Testament.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maranatha1
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin Marana tha, from Greek marána thá, from Aramaic māranā thā, of uncertain meaning, traditionally translated “O Lord, come!” or, if the Aramaic phrase is māran ăthā, “Our Lord has come”
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Example Sentences
The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier, and the Anathema Maranatha of every fawning dean.
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He never heard the midnight cry of Maranatha, but longed to be gathered to his fathers.
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The man who proposed such a thing in Adelaide would be anathema maranatha.
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You are the ever-blessed thing to me; but I will make you the ever-abhorred thing, anathema maranatha.
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The smallest lad in the house knows the meaning of all those words except the last two, Anathema Maranatha.
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