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exorcistical

exorcistical adjective: relating to exorcism.

Adjective

exorcistical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to exorcism.
    • But the Exorcistical Writers reckon "among the certain Signs of a Possession, or Witchcraft, the hearing or seeing preternaturally such strange things.1754, George Lavington, The enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared
    • One of the reasons why the central tradition looked with suspicion on the puppet theatre is that it functioned as an exorcistical ritual (Ruizendaal, unpublished).2005, B. Arps, Performance in Java and Bali, page 18
    Synonyms:
    exorcistic

Synonyms of exorcistical

Origin of exorcistical

From exorcist + -ical.

Questions about exorcistical

What does exorcistical mean?
Exorcistical means relating to exorcism.
What part of speech is exorcistical?
Exorcistical is an adjective.

Words near exorcistical in the dictionary

  1. exorcisory
  2. exorcist
  3. exorcistate
  4. exorcistates
  5. exorcistic
  6. exorcistical
  7. exorcists
  8. exorcizable
  9. exorcization
  10. exorcizations
  11. exorcize

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