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exorcization|ɛksɔːsaɪˈzeɪʃən|
Forms: 4 exorcisacioun, -zacion, exorsisacion, -cyon, -tion, 6 exorcysacyon, 6– exorcisation.
[f. next + -ation.]
The action of exorcizing; i.e. a. of driving out evil spirits by adjuration, etc.; †b. of calling up spirits by magic.
1375Barbour Bruce iv. 750 Throu exorcizaciones, To ger spiritis to thame apeir. c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 173 Old witches, sorceresses, That usen exorsisations. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. ii. 13 And do that solempnyte of exorcysacyon. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 467/2 The booke of exorcisation..which is sprinkled in the church. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xviii, The Priest's Exorcization in the Names of God..does not excuse him from the guilt of Enchantment. 1684I. Mather Remark. Provid. (1856) 183 To cure diseases, and drive away evil spirits by..exorcizations, etc. 1749–51G. Lavington Enthus. Method. & Papists iii. (1754) 115 His better Friends..have inserted a Prayer in the Office of Exorcization. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xxv. 252 My promised exorcisation of the demon in his stomach. |