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

It was the anathema maranatha of his sovereign, and cast him out from association with all loyal subjects.

From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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

From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell

Thus, by his night's heroic endeavor, Guilford Duncan had succeeded not only in making an enemy of Captain Kennedy, but in making himself anathema maranatha in the Hallam office besides.

From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary

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

From The Woman Who Did by Allen, Grant

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