exorcist

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This ritual lasted an entire night and involved burning small figures made of wax and clay while an exorcist recited specific incantations.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

"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

Writing in Catholic Exchange three years ago, famed exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth recalled that "While there can be extremely violent situations or truly remarkable displays" within an exorcism, the process itself is pretty straightforward.

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

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