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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The section closes with the ordinary request of the exorciser to the victim: "Recite this incantation."
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
With a raised torch in one hand, the bewitched person repeats the incantation recited by the exorciser.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
The natural and indeed necessary complement to the priest as exorciser is the priest as the forecaster of the future.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
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
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
