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.

Anagrams

• 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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