Example Sentences

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A physician, according to the meaning of the old Sanscrit word, was the exorciser of disease, the man who fought with its demon.

From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito

A Mass John Scott, minister of Peebles, is reported to have been the last renowned exorciser, and to have lost his life in a contest with an obstinate spirit.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

A higher mode of belief is the best exorciser, because it makes the spiritual at one with the actual world instead of hostile, or at best alien.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

There is no place for ghostly foxes in the beautiful nature-world revealed by new studies to the new generation The omnipotent exorciser and reformer is the Kodomo.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

He was at once the Devil and the Devil’s exorciser.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules