exorciser

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With the function of prophecy they combined the office of physician or rather of exorciser.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

But the demons laughed the exorciser to scorn.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

In these tragi-comedies the exorciser represented God, or at any rate the Archangel, overthrowing the dragon.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

A shrill whistle was heard, and then another, and the police director laid his hand on the shoulder of the exorciser with the remark: "You are in custody."

From Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Maupassant, Guy de

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 Scott, Walter, Sir