Verb (used with object), : to exorcise a demon. From Dictionary.com.
In Mesopotamia, where the reading of omens was developed into an art, the symptoms of the disease were understood as omens too, just as a potsherd found by the exorciser on his way to the sick man could be of ominous portent. From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH AND DISEASE] Reference
At this point the exorciser takes up the thread and declares. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Macrinus had persuaded Caesar to send for the exorciser, to test his arts. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
People in those ages held that a powerful enchanter, exorciser, &c., must have. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers] Reference
It is interesting to note that the woman appears as the exorciser of the disease. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
'Art thou not an exorciser, then, Mr. Vaughan, as well as a discerner of spirits?. From Wordnik.com. [St. George and St. Michael Volume III] Reference
The exorciser argues with the fox, who speaks through the mouth of the possessed. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference
The exorciser would have no difficulty in threading his way through the complicated mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
With a raised torch in one hand, the bewitched person repeats the incantation recited by the exorciser. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The section closes with the ordinary request of the exorciser to the victim: "Recite this incantation.". From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
A shrill whistle was heard, and then another, and the police director laid his hand on the shoulder of the exorciser with the remark. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant] Reference
In the section that follows, the same character is maintained till we approach the close, when the exorciser steps in and asks Marduk to. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
A higher mode of belief is the best exorciser, because it makes the spiritual at one with the actual world instead of hostile, or at best alien. From Wordnik.com. [Among My Books First Series] Reference
The individual having been bewitched by means of certain herbs concocted probably into potions, other herbs are prepared by the exorciser as an antidote. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Such incantations appear to derive their power chiefly through the personage of the exorciser, who believes himself to be able to control the evil spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Agatha felt more like her own self; with her, the spirit of Nature was always an exorciser of internal demons; and Anne's conversation aided the beneficent work. From Wordnik.com. [Agatha's Husband A Novel] Reference
There is no place for ghostly foxes in the beautiful nature-world revealed by new studies to the new generation The omnipotent exorciser and reformer is the Kodomo. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference
Accompanying these threats, the actions indicated were symbolically performed by the exorciser on effigies of the witches made, in this case, of bitumen covered with pitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
In this way the exorciser proceeds to enumerate an exceedingly long list of sins -- no less than one hundred -- most of which are ethical misdemeanors, while others are merely ceremonial transgressions. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The mention of the real cause in the long list -- and the list aims to be exhaustive, so that the exorciser may strike the real cause -- goes a long way towards ensuring the departure of the evil spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Grand-Ferre, and I've got here a better exorciser than any of you can show. ". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
No exorciser harm thee!. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Russert Has Passed Away] Reference
No exorciser harm thee!. From Wordnik.com. [Cymbeline] Reference
A wise man; an exorciser. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
'A yamabushi, an exorciser? '. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
Yamabushi is sent for -- the exorciser. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference
Had she brought the leech and the exorciser?. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
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