exorciser
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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
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
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
A Mass John Scott, minister of Peebles, is reported to have been the last renowned exorciser, and to have lost his life in a contest with an obstinate spirit.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
Agatha felt more like her own self; with her, the spirit of Nature was always an exorciser of internal demons; and Anne's conversation aided the beneficent work.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
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