exorciser
Example Sentences
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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
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 Morris Jastrow
Accompanying these threats, the actions indicated were symbolically performed by the exorciser on effigies of the witches made, in this case, of bitumen covered with pitch.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
With a raised torch in one hand, the bewitched person repeats the incantation recited by the exorciser.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
But the demons laughed the exorciser to scorn.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
