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Exorciser   Listen
noun
Exorciser  n.  An exorcist.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Exorciser" Quotes from Famous Books



... diviner, &c. This we all know from Dante. Now, the original reason for this strange translation of character and functions we hold to have arisen from the circumstance of his maternal grandfather having borne the name of Magus. People in those ages held that a powerful enchanter, exorciser, &c., must have a magician amongst his cognati; the power must run in the blood, which on the maternal side could be undeniably ascertained. Under this preconception, they took Magus not for a proper name, but for a professional ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey



Words linked to "Exorciser" :   exorcise, thaumaturge, magician, necromancer, exorcist



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