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exorcism

[ek-sawr-siz-uhm, -ser-] / ˈɛk sɔrˌsɪz əm, -sər- /
NOUN
expelling evil spirits
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In her debut show, The Exorcism of Liz Truss, which is playing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this month, Ms Skinner tries to separate herself and her career from the politician.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

But writing in Religion and Theology in 2022, authors Nicole M. Bauer and J. Andrew Doole marveled, "Exorcism is flourishing once again in the Roman Catholic Church today."

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

"These kinds of tragedies are almost always preventable," wrote Scott Derrickson, director of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose."

From Fox News • Oct. 22, 2021

I introduced him to Sandi Toksvig, who he loves, at a radio comedy recording, when he’d come straight from an especially distressing Solemn Exorcism.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2019

Exorcism cannot alter the countenance of a house; Hill House would stay as it was until it was destroyed.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson




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