exorcist

Example Sentences

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"A bit like ghostbusting, that sort of thing, and a bit of an exorcist as well. Although, we don’t very often do the exorcism, certainly not of people."

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

"The exorcist does not establish a particular formation during the rite... It is only necessary that he begin with the words 'Ecce crucem Domini,'" he wrote.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

As Segaloff details, in 2017 Friedkin made a documentary called “The Devil and Father Amorth,” in which he accompanies a real-life exorcist plying his trade on an Italian woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023

So begins the first arc and his adventures with everyone from a blue-collar exorcist to a manchild wielding the powers of the gods.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022

I had expected us to root out the exorcist within the shuls and tenements of Maxwell Street, but Frankie surprised me by hailing a carriage that took us to Chicago’s outskirts.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros