exorciser
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Night being a favorite time for the recital of the incantations, it was natural that the orb of night, the god Sin, should be added to the pantheon of the exorciser.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
A higher mode of belief is the best exorciser, because it makes the spiritual at one with the actual world instead of hostile, or at best alien.
From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell
A shrill whistle was heard, and then another, and the police director laid his hand on the shoulder of the exorciser accompanied with the remark:— "You are in custody."
From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne
There is no place for ghostly foxes in the beautiful nature-world revealed by new studies to the new generation The omnipotent exorciser and reformer is the Kodomo.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
He was at once the Devil and the Devil’s exorciser.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
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