Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being.

    Exorzist, Exorzistin, Geisterbeschwörer

    экзорци́стekzorcíst

    екзорцистekzorcyst

    someone who practices exorcism

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom is an exorcist.

    Том екзорцист.

    deTom ist Exorzist.

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  2. He's an exorcist.

    Він екзорцист.

    ruОн экзорцист.

    deEr ist ein Exorzist.

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  3. Where do I apply to become an exorcist for your continent?

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  4. He departed with the speed of a demon dismissed by the exorcist.

    deEr flog davon wie ein vom Exorzisten ausgetriebener Teufel.

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  5. In Algeria, patients are sent to exorcists and imams.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkis

From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).

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Forms

plural: exorcists
Singularexorcist
Pluralexorcists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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