exorcism, dispossession
(noun) freeing from evil spirits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exorcism (countable and uncountable, plural exorcisms)
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things who are possessed by them.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"or*cism, n. Etym: [L. exorcismus, Gr. ; cf. F. exorcisme.]
1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.
2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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