EXORCISM

exorcism, dispossession

(noun) freeing from evil spirits

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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



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