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exorcist|ˈɛksəsɪst, ˈɛksɔː-, ɛgˈzɔːsɪst|
Forms: 4–6 exorciste, (6 exerciste), 6– exorcist.
[ad. late L. exorcista, ad. Gr. ἐξορκιστής, f. ἐξορκίζειν: see exorcize. Cf. Fr. exorciste.]
One who exorcizes.
1. One who drives out evil spirits by solemn adjuration, etc.
1382Wyclif Acts xix. 13 Summe of the Iewis exorcistis, or coniureris. 1649Selden Laws Eng. i. x. (1739) 18 Exorcists, that served to dispossess such as were possessed by the Devil. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772. 344 The exorcist was called in to drive away these evil Genii. 1853H. Rogers Ecl. Faith 86 A dumb demon, awaits to find a voice..at the summons of an exorcist.
transf.1877‘Rita’ Vivienne iii. viii, Hard work is the best exorcist for dark hours and painful memories.
b. spec. The third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic Church. Cf. benet.
1560Becon Catech. Wks. (1564) 462 a The exorciste must cast out devils, & say unto the people, that all suche as wyll not communicate, must departe & go awaye. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 245 Acolytes, exercistes, readers, etc. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 174 The office..of an exorcist..[is] no way dependent on the office of a deacon. 1844Lingard Anglo Sax. Ch. (1858) I. iv. 133 We soon meet..with..exorcists..these were ordained.
†2. One who calls or pretends to call up spirits by magical rites. Obs.
1601Shakes. Jul. C. ii. i. 323 Thou like an Exorcist, hast conjur'd vp My mortified Spirit. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. iii. (1651) 211 The knavish impostures of Juglers, Exorcists, Mass-Priests and Mountebanks.
3. Comb.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas II. iv. i. 454 David's sacred Ditty..Exorcist-like chac't Nature's cruel Foe.
Hence exorˈcistical a., of or pertaining to an exorcist or to an exorcism.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xviii, And uses an Exorcistical form for the ejecting. 1749–51G. Lavington Enthus. Method. & Papists iii. (1754) 185 A rare Instance of Exorcistical Virtue. 1827W. G. S. Excursion of Village Curate 128 Exorcistical, necromantical and demonological charms.
Add: exorˈcistic a.
188819th Cent. Oct. 594 Granted that the belief in spirits, possession, and the exorcistic power has only a probable foundation, can anything be conceived more beautiful than this? 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances viii. 86 This is obviously a legacy of the exorcistic rituals of the devil dances. 1989S. Bellow Bellarosa Connection 19 In my father's place, I would have had to make the sign of the cross over Aunt Muriel's face while getting into bed with her—something exorcistic (farfetched) to take the curse off. |