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ex·or·cism

(ĕk′sôr-sĭz′əm, -sər-)

1. The act, practice, or ceremony of exorcising.

2. A formula used in exorcising.

ex′or·cist n.

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Noun	1.	exorcist - one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
	2.	exorcist - someone who practices exorcism exorciser necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard, magician - one who practices magic or sorcery

Translations

طارِد الأرواح الشِّرّيرَه

djævleuddrivereksorcist

ExorzistExorzistinGeisterbeschwörer

exorcista

exorciste

egzorcist

særingamaîur

esorcista

djevleutdriver eksorsist

exorcista

exorcista

kötü ruhları kovan kimse

驱魔师

exorcist

[ˈeksɔːsɪst] N → exorcista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exorcist

[ˈɛksɔː^rsɪst] n → exorciste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

exorcist

n → Exorzist(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exorcist

[ˈɛksɔːsɪst] n → esorcista m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

exorcize,

exorcise

(ˈeksoːsӕiz) verb

to drive away (an evil spirit); to rid (a house etc) of an evil spirit.

ˈexorcism noun

(an) act of exorcizing.

ˈexorcist noun

a person who exorcizes.

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