exorcist
11exorcist — This term refers to a priest who has special permission to perform an exorcism. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the minor order of exorcist was conferred on candidates for the priesthood …
12exorcist — exorcize (also exorcise) ► VERB ▪ drive out (a supposed evil spirit) from a person or place. DERIVATIVES exorcism noun exorcist noun. ORIGIN Greek exorkizein, from horkos oath …
13Exorcist, The — (1971) Novel by William Peter Blatty based on the true story of the ST. LOUIS POSSESSION case. The novel veers away substantially from the real case, but it introduced the horrors of demonic POSSESSION and EXORCISM to a mass audience. The… …
14exorcist — noun see exorcism …
15exorcist — /ek sawr sist, seuhr /, n. 1. a person who practices exorcism. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. a member of the second ranking of the four minor orders. b. the order itself. Cf. acolyte (def. 2), lector (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1). [ …
16exorcist — noun A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism …
17Exorcist — One of the *minor orders of the Church. Although the exorcising of evil spirits was never confined to this order, they assisted in this process. They also poured out water at the mass …
18exorcist — Synonyms and related words: acolyte, acolytus, deacon, diaconus, doorkeeper, exorciser, exorcista, holy orders, lector, major orders, medicine man, minor orders, mundunugu, obeah doctor, ostiarius, presbyter, priest, reader, shaman, shamanist,… …
19exorcist — ex|or|cist [ˈekso:sıst US o:r ] n someone who tries to make evil ↑spirits leave a place …
20exorcist — ex|or|cist [ eksɔrsıst ] noun count someone who gets rid of evil spirits for other people …
