exorcism
noun
the act or process of exorcising.
exorcistic
-
a word derived from
exorcism.
Example Sentences
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In addition to this guiding idea, an exorcistic method has survived; in our folk-lore is retained the removal of the trouble in virtue of its transfer to another place or person.
From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson) Bergen
But in chap. i. 23-28 he will discover an exorcistic story, not to be found in "Matthew," but repeated, often word for word, in "Luke."
From Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
