Found 2 items, similar to Exorcist.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exorcist
exorcist
n 1: one the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but
now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
2: someone who practices exorcism [syn:
exorciser]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exorcist
Exorcist
\Ex"or*cist\ (-s[i^]st), n. [L. exorcista, Gr.
'exorkisth`s: cf. F. exorciste.]
1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
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Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. --Acts xix.
13.
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2. A conjurer who can raise spirits. [R.]
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Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up
My mortified spirit. --Shak.
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