Exorcism
//ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them. countable, uncountable
"Master Hume, we are therefore prouided: / will her Ladyship behold and heare our Exorcismes?"
- 2 freeing from evil spirits wordnet
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More examples"Exorcism is practiced in Algeria because we see evil everywhere."
Etymology
From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).
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