ex·or·cism

(ĕk′sôr-sĭz′əm, -sər-)

1. The act, practice, or ceremony of exorcising.

2. A formula used in exorcising.

ex′or·cist n.

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ex•or•cism

(ˈɛk sɔrˌsɪz əm, -sər-)

n.

1. the act or process of exorcising.

2. the ceremony or the formula used in exorcising.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Old French) < Medieval Latin < Greek]

ex`or•cis′mal (-məl) ex′or•ci`so•ry (-ˌsaɪ zə ri) ex`or•cis′ti•cal, ex`or•cis′tic,

ex′or•cist, n.

exorcism

1. the ceremony that seeks to expel an evil spirit from a person or place.
2. the act or process of exorcising. — exorcist, n. — exorcismal, exorcisory, exorcistic, exorcistical, adj.

exorcism

A ritual performed to expel an evil spirit.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

exorcism - freeing from evil spirits

dispossession

supernaturalism - a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding

summoning, evocation - calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

exorcism

noun driving out, cleansing, expulsion, purification, deliverance, casting out, adjuration The priest performed a rite of exorcism.

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Translations

تَعْويذه لِطَرْد الأرواح الشِّرّيرَه

djævleuddrivelseeksorcisme

Exorzismus Geisterbeschwörung

exorcisme exorcisation

egzorcizam

ördögűzés

særing

esorcismo

djevleutdrivelse eksorsisme

zariekanie

kötü ruhları kovma

驱邪驱魔

exorcism

[ˈeksɔːsɪzəm] N → exorcismo m

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exorcism

[ˈɛksɔː^rsɪz^əm] n [evil spirit] → exorcisme m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

exorcism

n → Geisterbeschwörung f, → Exorzismus m, → Austreibung f → böser Geister

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exorcism

[ˈɛksɔːsɪz/əm] n → esorcismo

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exorcize,

exorcise

(ˈeksoːsӕiz) verb

to drive away (an evil spirit); to rid (a house etc) of an evil spirit.

ˈexorcism noun

(an) act of exorcizing.

ˈexorcist noun

a person who exorcizes.

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He fumbled for his pitch- pipe, and arose with a confused intention of attempting a musical exorcism.

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It was in his mind to repeat over the exorcism proper to such attacks; but the two burst out a-laughing at his scared face, and turning on to their heads once more, clapped their heels in derision.

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Chloroform, applied in the capacity of an exorcism, was entirely new to Sir Patrick.

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Meanwhile the procurator had exclaimed: "If the demon which possesses this goat, and which has resisted all exorcisms, persists in its deeds of witchcraft, if it alarms the court with them, we warn it that we shall be forced to put in requisition against it the gallows or the stake.

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The words shall scarce have left thy lips, ere thou wilt either be an hundred feet under ground, in the dungeon of the Preceptory, to abide trial as a recreant knight; or, if his opinion holds concerning thy possession, thou wilt be enjoying straw, darkness, and chains, in some distant convent cell, stunned with exorcisms, and drenched with holy water, to expel the foul fiend which hath obtained dominion over thee.

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In proportion as they redoubled the exorcisms he redoubled the temptations; so that day and night the bell was ringing full swing, announcing the extreme desire for mortification which the penitent experienced.

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'Huneefa she makes them for two rupees twelve annas with - oh, all sorts of exorcisms. They are quite common, except they are partially black enamel, and there is a paper inside each one full of names of local saints and such things.

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DAP's Lim Lip Eng and his office was left baffled today after a woman sought government funding to perform an exorcism against persistent 'hauntings'.

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