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EXORCIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who practices exorcism
Synonyms:
exorciser; exorcist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("exorcist" is a kind of...):
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
Derivation:
exorcism (freeing from evil spirits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("exorcist" is a kind of...):
Holy Order; Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)
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