单词 | exorcist |
释义 | exorcistn. One who exorcizes. 1. a. One who drives out evil spirits by solemn adjuration, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > one who performs exorcistc1384 exorcizer1502 layer1884 deliverance minister1955 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > exorcist exorcistc1384 exorcizer1502 layer1884 deliverance minister1955 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. b. spec. The third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic Church. Cf. benet n. ΘΚΠ 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 Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 245 Acolytes, exercistes, readers, etc. 1642 Bp.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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 exorcistical1664 exorcisory1836 exorcismal1887 exorcistic1888 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. Draft additions 1993 exorˈcistic adj. ΘΚΠ 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 exorcistical1664 exorcisory1836 exorcismal1887 exorcistic1888 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). < n.c1384 |
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