exorcist
pronunciation
How to pronounce exorcist in British English:
UK [ˈeksɔ:sɪst]
How to pronounce exorcist in American English:
US [ˈeksɔrsɪst]
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- Noun:
- one the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who practices exorcism
Word Origin
- exorcist (n.)
- "one who drives out evil spirits," late 14c., from Late Latin exorcista, from Ecclesiastical Greek exorkistes "an exorcist," from exorkizein (see exorcism).
Example
- 1. While everybody else was being scared by the exorcist .
- 2. I feel not unlike the priest in the exorcist .
- 3. They felt they had to call in an exorcist .
- 4. He is a great and powerful prince , appearing in the shape of a mighty raven at first before the exorcist ; but after he taketh the image of a man .
- 5. You need an exorcist .