EXORCIST
Dictionary entry overview: What does exorcist mean? • EXORCIST (noun)
The noun EXORCIST has 2 senses:
1. one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
2. someone who practices exorcism
Familiarity information: EXORCIST used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXORCIST (noun)
Meaning:
One of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("exorcist" is a kind of...):
Holy Order; Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)
Meaning:
Someone who practices exorcism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
exorciser; exorcist
Hypernyms ("exorcist" is a kind of...):
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
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