exorciser
- a word derived from exorcise.
Example Sentences
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In the county clerk's office in Charlestown, Jefferson county, West Virginia, can be seen the deed made by Livingstone and wife to Denis Cahill, the supposed exorciser of the fiend.
From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph
A shrill whistle was heard, and then another, and the police director laid his hand on the shoulder of the exorciser accompanied with the remark:— "You are in custody."
From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Hawthorne, Julian
A shrill whistle was heard, and then another, and the police director laid his hand on the shoulder of the exorciser with the remark: "You are in custody."
From Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Maupassant, Guy de
The exorciser argues with the fox, who speaks through the mouth of the possessed.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
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
