exorcist

Other forms: exorcists

Definitions of exorcist
  1. noun
    one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
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    type of:
    Holy Order, Order
    (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  2. noun
    someone who practices exorcism
    synonyms: exorciser
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    type of:
    magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard
    one who practices magic or sorcery
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