Exorcism

//ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm//

Synonyms for "exorcism" (22 found)

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Noun(1 words)
dispossession

Related words (11)

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Translations

69 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • رُقْيَة noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դիվահալածություն noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ekzorsizm noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Catalan

1 entries
  • exorcisme noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 破魔 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • 驅魔 /驱魔 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Czech

1 entries
  • exorcismus noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Danish

1 entries
  • eksorcisme noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Dutch

2 entries
  • exorcisme noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • uitdrijving noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ekzorco noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Finnish

3 entries
  • eksorkismi noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • henkien poismanaus noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • manaus noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

French

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  • exorcisme noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Galician

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  • exorcismo noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

German

4 entries
  • Exorzismus noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • Geisteraustreibung noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • Teufelsaustreibung noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • Teufelsbeschwörung noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξορκισμός noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גירוש שדים noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अभिचार noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • ओझाई noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • ओझैती noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • झाड़ noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • démonűzés noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • rukiah noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • sempulian noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • usir gaib noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Italian

1 entries
  • esorcismo noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Japanese

4 entries
  • エクソシズム noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • 悪魔払い noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • 破魔 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • 祓魔 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Korean

2 entries
  • 구마 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • 굿 noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Latin

1 entries
  • adiuratio noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • egzorcizmas noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • егзорци́зам noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • истеру́вање noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • eksorsisme noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Old English

1 entries
  • hālsung noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Polish

2 entries
  • egzorcyzm noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • egzorcyzmowanie noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • exorcismo noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Romanian

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  • exorcism noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Russian

2 entries
  • изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • экзорци́зм noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • egzorcizam noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • ciarmatura noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • ciarmu noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Spanish

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  • exorcismo noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Swedish

2 entries
  • andeutdrivning noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • exorcism noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Turkish

1 entries
  • egzorsizm noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • екзорци́зм noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Volapük

1 entries
  • sädiabam noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • באַשווערונג noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)
  • השבעה noun (ritual driving out of evil spirits)

Sample sentences

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Exorcism is practiced in Algeria because we see evil everywhere.

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In Algeria even doctors believe in exorcism and the evil eye.

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The exorcism doesn't seem to have worked.

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The minister conducted an exorcism in Ziri's home.

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