exorcism
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- noun
- /ˈɛksɔˌrɪzəm/
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exorcismo
- The priest performed an exorcism to expel the evil spirit from the haunted house.
- exorcism of demons
- exorcism of spirits
- spirit possession and exorcism
Of course, I'd love to do an exorcism on Aaron Rodgers.
- Of course, I'd love to do an exorcism on Aaron Rodgers.
- So I guess without further ado, let's dig into the Exorcism of Emily Rose.
- And so I'm, I've, I've heard that some people use psychedelics to open people up before exorcisms.
- And for me, the setting is a character in itself in that, you know, if you want to set, you know, an exorcism, for instance, where would you set that?
- And some of them acted like that was, that was an exorcism, you know, twisting her head in their faces and going no, no, you can't get back into that.
- But I am curious, so when you get on location, what do you do with the with the items that you bring to protect yourself during an exorcism?
- I they they wrote My best friend's Exorcism and one other.
- I did a few exorcis, exorcisms that I was part of.
- Yeah, I, I think you were talking about the, the, the exorcism stuff.
- So you have to spend a lot of time doing an, an exorcism on all of that.
Examples
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A priest was delegated to perform the sacrament for the exorcism of evil spirits.
Academic text (1996) -
Dr. Adani, why do you think Emily's exorcism failed?
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If this comes down to an exorcism, we're in big trouble.
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What makes you think a Catholic exorcism would work.
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What rites of the exorcism do you know?
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I've never been part of an exorcism, nor do I expect to be.
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I have a text on exorcism by Father Marin.
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There are certain Christian sects that have historically practiced exorcism and continue to practice it today.
Blog text (12) -
Desperate to cure her daughter, Chris gambles and has Regan undergo an exorcism.
Academic text (2014) -
One participant recalled witnessing an exorcism by a curandero.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
An act that uses a ritual to clean a person or place
Surface Forms
Morphology
exorcism = exorcise (transparent) = exorcise + ism
Derived by standard nominalization from the verb 'exorcise' with '-ism' indicating the act or practice.
Etymology
Exorcism comes from old words meaning 'to drive out' and contains the prefix ex- meaning 'out', like in exit. So an exorcism is a ritual that tries to make an evil spirit 'leave', which explains why it is used to drive spirits out of a person or place.