exorciser

Example Sentences

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A higher mode of belief is the best exorciser, because it makes the spiritual at one with the actual world instead of hostile, or at best alien.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

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

In this way the exorciser proceeds to enumerate an exceedingly long list of sins—no less than one hundred—most of which are ethical misdemeanors, while others are merely ceremonial transgressions.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

But the demons laughed the exorciser to scorn.

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

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 Vignoli, Tito