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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.
2. 2
   someone who practices exorcism wordnet
3. 3
   one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acolyteacolytusdeacondiaconusdoorkeeperexorciser

Example

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"The Europeans hired an exorcist to cleanse their continent of demons."

Etymology

From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).

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