exorciser
Example Sentences
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A physician, according to the meaning of the old Sanscrit word, was the exorciser of disease, the man who fought with its demon.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Tito Vignoli
In the county clerk's office in Charlestown, Jefferson county, West Virginia, can be seen the deed made by Livingstone and wife to Denis Cahill, the supposed exorciser of the fiend.
From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Joseph Barry
The natural and indeed necessary complement to the priest as exorciser is the priest as the forecaster of the future.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
In this way the exorciser proceeds to enumerate an exceedingly long list of sins—no less than one hundred—most of which are ethical misdemeanors, while others are merely ceremonial transgressions.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
With a raised torch in one hand, the bewitched person repeats the incantation recited by the exorciser.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
