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 Barry, Joseph

The exorciser would have no difficulty in threading his way through the complicated mass.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

The section closes with the ordinary request of the exorciser to the victim: "Recite this incantation."

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

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

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