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EXORCIST
exorcist, exorciser
(noun) someone who practices exorcism
exorcist
(noun) one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exorcist (plural exorcists)
A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
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• excitors
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"or*cist, n. Etym: [L. exorcista, Gr. exorciste.]
1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism. Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. Acts xix. 13.
2. A conjurer who can raise spirits. [R.] Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up My mortified spirit. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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