Word: anathema
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...frequently heard his good pastor (who had never been inside one in his life, and so was a very competent judge) say that the Devil lurked behind the scenes. Percy had no desire to encounter that gentleman prematurely, and stayed away. Billiard-rooms and Carl's were anathema maranatha, and he refused to go to athletic meetings, because he had heard that the horrid sin of betting was prevalent at them. He frequently lectured his classmates on their immorality, and even wrote of their wickedness to the Herald. But, instead of being looked up to as "a superior young...