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Definition of exorcism in English: exorcismnoun ˈɛksɔːsɪz(ə)mˈɛksɔrˌsɪzəm mass nounThe expulsion or attempted expulsion of a supposed evil spirit from a person or place. 驱除邪魔 count noun figurative an exorcism of the authoritarian past Example sentencesExamples - He will insist otherwise, but today is an opportunity for exorcism.
- In actual fact, I think it was more an attempt at personal exorcism.
- She did suffer a lot of physical and emotional pain, but putting it on canvas was a form of exorcism, and she did it with a dark sense of humour.
- She read a ceremony of exorcism over the ten-year-old boy, and she and Brando prayed.
- The first section, dealing with Mesopotamian magic, stresses the similarities to modern European rituals of healing and exorcism.
- Amazingly no one was killed, and the parish priest then led the children and adults of the village in a kind of exorcism, imitating the noises of the helicopters.
- Thereafter, formal rituals of exorcism were adopted by the Church throughout the medieval centuries.
- One was an attempt at exorcism, the other a rather more practical if overly melodramatic way of making the pain go away.
- Solemn exorcism is an extremely unusual step to take and can only be done after every other possibility, including mental illness, has been discounted.
- Rituals like this of purification and exorcism are a traditional feature of Shinto.
- Once he regains his senses somewhat he goes ‘through all the exorcisms against evil spirits’ and descends back to earth.
- It has been a kind of exorcism, and in telling the most personal story you hope to reach people.
- The Salpuri dance, which is the last ritual process in the Korean shamanist exorcism known as Kut, will also be performed on the occasion.
- Some viewers and critics wanted exorcism and purification through some sort of commentary or strictly objective stance.
- The renovation, so long resisted by mother, was meant to be an act of vengeance, assertion and exorcism, but it only seems to stir up memories.
- Two things are worth noting, apart from the obvious one that this man believes without any irony that the cure for unbelief is exorcism.
- Through this divinely-sponsored exorcism, the infant survives to lead the family out of darkness into the light.
- This conveys power to practise the gifts of the Spirit: speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, exorcism.
- Attempts at exorcism have been both incredibly painful and unsuccessful.
- Similarly, there are other rituals outside their sphere of activity, such as the propitiation or exorcism of dangerous spirits.
Synonyms driving out, casting out, expulsion rare insufflation catharsis, cleansing, purification, purgation, release, deliverance rare lustration
Derivativesnoun ˈɛksɔːsɪst A person who expels or attempts to expel a supposed evil spirit from a person or place. the comic's character used his powers as an exorcist to hunt supernatural entities Example sentencesExamples - The retired priest is one of a team of 12 exorcists in the diocese called out to deal with haunted buildings and occult disturbances.
- He is one of the leading exorcists, and he is more informed about these things than we.
- This is the second year that the Vatican has offered a course for aspiring demonologists and exorcists.
OriginLate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek exorkismos, from exorkizein 'exorcize'. Definition of exorcism in US English: exorcismnounˈeksôrˌsizəmˈɛksɔrˌsɪzəm The expulsion or attempted expulsion of a supposed evil spirit from a person or place. 驱除邪魔 count noun figurative an exorcism of the authoritarian past Example sentencesExamples - Amazingly no one was killed, and the parish priest then led the children and adults of the village in a kind of exorcism, imitating the noises of the helicopters.
- Through this divinely-sponsored exorcism, the infant survives to lead the family out of darkness into the light.
- Two things are worth noting, apart from the obvious one that this man believes without any irony that the cure for unbelief is exorcism.
- Attempts at exorcism have been both incredibly painful and unsuccessful.
- He will insist otherwise, but today is an opportunity for exorcism.
- The first section, dealing with Mesopotamian magic, stresses the similarities to modern European rituals of healing and exorcism.
- She read a ceremony of exorcism over the ten-year-old boy, and she and Brando prayed.
- Solemn exorcism is an extremely unusual step to take and can only be done after every other possibility, including mental illness, has been discounted.
- Similarly, there are other rituals outside their sphere of activity, such as the propitiation or exorcism of dangerous spirits.
- One was an attempt at exorcism, the other a rather more practical if overly melodramatic way of making the pain go away.
- In actual fact, I think it was more an attempt at personal exorcism.
- The renovation, so long resisted by mother, was meant to be an act of vengeance, assertion and exorcism, but it only seems to stir up memories.
- Some viewers and critics wanted exorcism and purification through some sort of commentary or strictly objective stance.
- The Salpuri dance, which is the last ritual process in the Korean shamanist exorcism known as Kut, will also be performed on the occasion.
- Thereafter, formal rituals of exorcism were adopted by the Church throughout the medieval centuries.
- She did suffer a lot of physical and emotional pain, but putting it on canvas was a form of exorcism, and she did it with a dark sense of humour.
- Once he regains his senses somewhat he goes ‘through all the exorcisms against evil spirits’ and descends back to earth.
- It has been a kind of exorcism, and in telling the most personal story you hope to reach people.
- This conveys power to practise the gifts of the Spirit: speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, exorcism.
- Rituals like this of purification and exorcism are a traditional feature of Shinto.
Synonyms driving out, casting out, expulsion catharsis, cleansing, purification, purgation, release, deliverance
OriginLate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek exorkismos, from exorkizein ‘exorcize’. |