exorcistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈek.sɔː.sɪst/us/ˈek.sɔːr.sɪst/someone who forces an evil spirit to leave a person or place by using prayers or magic
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The supernatural - general words
- astral
- aureole
- black mass
- conjunction
- crystal ball
- demonology
- exorcise
- ghoul
- levitate
- mystic
- near-death experience
- paranormal
- supernatural
- tarot
- the powers of darkness
- thing
- things that go bump in the night idiom
- vision
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Examples from literature
- An exorcist may also be called in, who will confine the late husband's spirit in a horn by putting in some grains of wheat, and after sealing up the horn deposit it with the clothes.
- So generally a question like this is asked by the exorcist "Who are you and why are you troubling the poor patient?" The answer, I am told, is at once given and the ghost says what he wants.
- They are shut up in the house, touch no raw flesh, and chew betel over which an incantation has been uttered by the exorcist.
- While the exorcist was shrieking his incantations in extremity of terror, to his infinite relief he heard the spectre utter a feeble cry of fear.