Mār’a-nāth’ā or Mār-a-nā’thā, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Syriac.] The Lord comes, or has come; a word used by the apostle Paul in expressing a curse. This word was used in anathenating persons for great crimes; as much as to say, “May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance on thee for thy crime.” Calmet.