Exorcist (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who practices exorcism.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The exorcist prepared herself for the ritual, lighting candles and saying prayers to cleanse the space of evil spirits.
- The priest, who was also an experienced exorcist, was called to perform a ritual on the possessed teenager.
- The young exorcist, barely out of seminary, was thrust into a battle with a malevolent entity that had taken over a local girl.
- Many exorcists have attempted to rid the mansion of its ghosts, but none have been successful in cleansing it of the dark energy.
- In her new role as an exorcist, she found herself face to face with all manner of supernatural entities.
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Meaning 2
One of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.