maranatha

American  

[mar-uh-nath-uh] / ˌmær əˈnæθ ə /

interjection

1. O Lord, come: used as an invocation in the New Testament.

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Etymology

Origin of maranatha

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”

Example Sentences

Jackson was told that a pipe was anathema maranatha, which is Greek for no bon.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 by Various

The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier, and the anathema maranatha of every fawning dean.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)

The man who proposed such a thing in Adelaide would be anathema maranatha.

From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell

It has so passed into common use, *maranatha* being taken as intensifying the curse contained in *anathema*.

From The Boy Captives by Whittier, John Greenleaf

Could he help her to become Anathema maranatha among her sister women?

From The Woman Who Did by Allen, Grant