[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The pronouncing of an anathema or curse.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Anathematizing amounts to the same with excommunicating.
1880. Ruskin, Our Fathers Have Told Us, I. i. 26. Without any oratorizing, anathematizing, or any manner of disturbance, we find the Roman Knight made Bishop of Tours.