exorcise
verb (used with object)
to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies.
exorciser
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a word derived from
exorcise.
Example Sentences
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Agatha felt more like her own self; with her, the spirit of Nature was always an exorciser of internal demons; and Anne's conversation aided the beneficent work.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
With the function of prophecy they combined the office of physician or rather of exorciser.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
The exorciser argues with the fox, who speaks through the mouth of the possessed.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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 Lafcadio Hearn
The exorciser would have no difficulty in threading his way through the complicated mass.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
