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EXORCISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exorcism mean?
• EXORCISM (noun)
The noun EXORCISM has 1 sense:
1. freeing from evil spirits
Familiarity information: EXORCISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freeing from evil spirits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
dispossession; exorcism
Hypernyms ("exorcism" is a kind of...):
supernaturalism (a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding)
Meronyms (parts of "exorcism"):
evocation; summoning (calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations)
Derivation:
exorcist (someone who practices exorcism)
exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers)
Context examples
It was in his mind to repeat over the exorcism proper to such attacks; but the two burst out a-laughing at his scared face, and turning on to their heads once more, clapped their heels in derision.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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