EXORCIST


Meaning of EXORCIST in English

/ek"sawr sist, -seuhr-/ , n.

1. a person who practices exorcism.

2. Rom. Cath. Ch.

a. a member of the second-ranking of the four minor orders.

b. the order itself. Cf. acolyte (def. 2), lector (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).

[ 1350-1400; ME exorcista exorkistés. See EXORCISM, -IST ]

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