exorcist
a person who practices exorcism.
Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the second-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself.: Compare acolyte (def. 2), lector (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).
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How to use exorcist in a sentence
This all changed with the beginning of more serious and disturbing horror films like Rosemary’s Baby and The exorcist in the late 1960s and into the ’70s, though audiences didn’t always know what they were in for.
As an old-timey Catholic who grew up in the era of The exorcist and The Omen and Race with the Devil, there’s always been some Satanic cult movie brewing in me.
Kevin Smith on Coining ‘Bennifer’ and Trying to Save His Hero Stan Lee | Marlow Stern | October 25, 2021 | The Daily BeastIts specially adapted vertebrae let it go full exorcist when it turns its head 180 degrees in either direction.
9 creatures that have made spookiness their brand | Elana Spivack | October 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn December ’75, James writes in his diary that The exorcist is making him question his sanity and making him afraid of Satan.
Still, it hardly suffices as persuasive evidence, and what ensues only further suggests that the entire affair—then and now—was little more than fantasy inspired by William Friedkin’s The exorcist.
The Real-Life ‘Demonic’ Murder That Inspired ‘The Conjuring’ | Nick Schager | June 11, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Father Vicenzo Taraborelli in Rome is an exorcist with set office hours and dedicated phone lines to take exorcism appointments.
Pope Francis Gives Blessing to Exorcist Conference | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWilliam Friedkin (The exorcist) and Justin Lin (Fast Five) have been a couple of the names floating about.
Colin Farrell Officially Confirmed For ‘True Detective’ Season 2: ‘I’m So Excited’ | Marlow Stern | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis apparently sincere desire to help me deal with my problems made his transition to exorcist Bob all the more jarring.
When I commented that he was surprisingly ecumenical for an exorcist, he smiled.
Father Taraborelli is a trained exorcist for the Rome diocese, and his work schedule is very busy.
Vatican and Pope Francis Seek New Demon Exorcists | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDiseases are attributed to supernatural agency; and the medicine-man, exorcist, or Ojha, is more priest than surgeon.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamThe conjuration being thrice repeated, we are assured the spirit would rise and answer the exorcist's questions.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantThe Hindoo exorcist tied his patient's hair in a knot, and then with a nail attached it to a tree.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore | Charles HardwickAt a place called Weinsberg lived a man named Justinus Kerner, who exercised the profession of an exorcist or expeller of devils.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneIn the Roman Catholic Church exorcist is one of the inferior orders of the clergy.
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