exorcism

Meaning

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

Synonyms

incantation

spell

charm

purification

invocation

dispossession

extraction

jinx

magic

🪄

mantra

necromancy

removal

sanctification

sorcery

good riddance

escape from evil

cavity

praying down evil spirits

conjuration

conjuring

curse

excision

execration

Translations

exorcisme

Exorzismus

esorcismo

exorcismo

exorcisme

εξορκισμός

duiveluitbanning

exorcismo

exorcisme

Teufelsaustreibung

uitdrijving

exorcisation

Geisterbeschwörung

scongiuro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/

Etymology

From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).