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单词 exorcist
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exorcistn.

/ˈɛksəsɪst//ˈɛksɔːsɪst//ɛɡˈzɔːsɪst/
Forms: Middle English–1500s exorciste, (1500s exerciste), 1500s– exorcist.
Etymology: < late Latin exorcista, < Greek ἐξορκιστής , < ἐξορκίζειν : see exorcize v. Compare French exorciste.
One who exorcizes.
1.
a. One who drives out evil spirits by solemn adjuration, etc.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > one who performs
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exorcizer1502
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deliverance minister1955
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > exorcist
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 13 Summe of the Jewis exorcistis, or coniureris.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. x. 28 Exorcists, that served to dispossesse such as are possessed by the Divell.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 344 The exorcist was called in to drive away these evil Genii.
1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 86 A dumb demon, awaits to find a voice,..at the summons of an exorcist.
in extended use.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 n.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > exorcist > [noun]
benetc1383
exorcist1564
priest benedict1660
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 462 a The exorciste must cast out devils, & say unto the people, that all suche as wyll not communicate, must departe & go awaye.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 245 Acolytes, exercistes, readers, etc.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 174 The office..of an exorcist..[is] no way dependent on the office of a deacon.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 146 We soon meet..with..exorcists... These were ordained..by the bishop.
2. One who calls or pretends to call up spirits by magical rites. Obsolete.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that deals with demons > one who calls up spirits
conjurerc1384
goetian1569
conjuress1582
invocator1604
exorcista1616
goetic1652
evocator1794
ghost-raiser1798
evocatrix1847
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 322 Thou like an Exorcist, hast coniur'd vp My mortified Spirit. View more context for this quotation
1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) i. iii. iii. 211 The knauish Impostures of Iuglers Exorcists, Masse Priests, and Mountebanckes.
3. In combinations.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 14 Davids sacred Ditty..Exorcist-like, chac't Natures cruel Fo.

Derivatives

exorˈcistical adj. of or pertaining to an exorcist or to an exorcism.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [adjective]
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exorcisory1836
exorcismal1887
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to exorcism of
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1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xviii And uses an Exorcistical form for the ejecting.
1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 239 A rare Instance of Exorcistical Virtue.
1827 G. H. Taylor Excurs. Village Curate 128 Exorcistical, necromantical and demonological charms.

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exorˈcistic adj.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [adjective]
exorcistical1664
exorcisory1836
exorcismal1887
exorcistic1888
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to exorcism of
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1888 19th 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?
1967 R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances viii. 86 This is obviously a legacy of the exorcistic rituals of the devil dances.
1989 S. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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