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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
exorcist (plural exorcists)
A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
• 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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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