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exorcist

DEFINITIONS OF: exorcist

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n one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church

Type of:
Holy Order, Order
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

n someone who practices exorcism

Synonyms:
exorciser
Type of:
magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard
one who practices magic or sorcery
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