Exorcism

Ex′or-cism

(-sĭz’m)

,

Noun.

[L.

exorcismus

, Gr.

ἐξορκιζμός

; cf. F.

exorcisme

.]

1.

The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

2.

Conjuration for raising spirits.

[R.]

Shak.

Exorcism

EX'ORCISM

,

Noun.

[L. exorcismus.] The expulsion of evil spirits from persons or places by certain adjurations and ceremonies. Exorcism was common among the Jews, and still makes a part of the superstitions of some churches.

exorcism

English

Noun

exorcism ‎(plural exorcisms)

the ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things who are possessed by them.

Translations

ritual driving out of evil spirits

Arabic: رُقْيَة ‎(ruqya)
Armenian: էկզորսիզմ ‎(ēkzorsizm)
Azeri: ekzorsizm
Catalan: exorcisme
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驅魔 (zh), 驱魔 (zh) ‎(qūmó), 破魔 ‎(pòmó)
Czech: exorcismus
Dutch: exorcisme (nl), uitdrijving f
Finnish: manaus (fi), henkien poismanaus
French: exorcisme (fr) m
German: Exorzismus (de) m, Teufelaustreibung f, Teufelsbeschwörung f
Greek: εξορκισμός (el) m ‎(exorkismós)
Hebrew: גירוש שדים
Italian: esorcismo (it) m
Japanese: 破魔 ‎(はま, hama), 祓魔 ‎(ふつま, futsuma), 悪魔払い ‎(あくまばらい, akuma-barai, あくまはらい, akuma-harai), エクソシスム ‎(ekusoshisumu)

Korean: 굿 (ko) ‎(gut)
Lithuanian: egzorcizmas
Macedonian: егзорци́зам m ‎(egzorcízam)
Norwegian: eksorsisme (no)
Polish: egzorcyzm (pl) m, egzorcyzmowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exorcismo
Romanian: exorcism
Russian: экзорци́зм (ru) m ‎(ekzorcízm), изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы n ‎(izgnánije nečístoj síly)
Serbo-Croatian: egzorcizam (sh) m
Spanish: exorcismo (es)
Swedish: exorcism (sv), andeutdrivning c
Turkish: egzorsizm
Volapük: sädiabam
Yiddish: באַשווערונג f ‎(bashverung), השבעה f ‎(hashboe)

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