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exorcist

/ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪst/US/ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪst/

exorcist noun: a person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being.

Noun

exorcist (plural exorcists)

  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.
    • There came, too, an exorcist to banish him. When he began his conjuration with his magic words, Hinzelmann was at first quite quiet, and did not let himself be heard at all, but when he was going to read the most powerful sentences against him, he snatched the book out of his hand, tore it to...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 51

exorcist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

exorcist in Hindi

a person who practices exorcism
हाज़िराती hāzirātī, ओझा ojhā, दावती dāvtī

exorcist in Tamil

a person who practices exorcism
பேயோட்டி pēyōṭṭi

exorcist in Urdu

اوجھا, جن بھوت بھگانے والا

exorcist in Kannada

a person who practices exorcism
ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ māntrika
More languagesFewer languages
exorcist in Odia
ଓଝା ojhā
exorcist in Arabic
رَاقٍ rāqin, رَاقِية rāqiya

Forms of exorcist

pluralexorcists

Plural of exorcist: exorcists

Origin of exorcist

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

Words formed from exorcist

Questions about exorcist

What does exorcist mean?
Exorcist means a person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being.
What is exorcist in Hindi?
Exorcist in Hindi is हाज़िराती (hāzirātī), ओझा (ojhā), दावती (dāvtī). See Exorcist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is exorcist?
Exorcist is a noun.
How do you pronounce exorcist?
Exorcist is pronounced /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of exorcist?
The plural of exorcist is exorcists.

Words near exorcist in the dictionary

  1. exorcising
  2. exorcism
  3. exorcismal
  4. exorcisms
  5. exorcisory
  6. exorcist
  7. exorcistate
  8. exorcistates
  9. exorcistic
  10. exorcistical
  11. exorcists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exorcist (page history and authors); exorcist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଓଝା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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