Exorcism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exorcism \Ex"or*cism\ (-s[i^]z'm), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr.
     'exorkizmo`s; 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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exorcism
       n : freeing from evil spirits [syn: {dispossession}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "exorcism":
     cantrip, charm, conjuration, conjurement, curse, evil eye,
     evocation, exorcisation, exsufflation, glamour, hex, incantation,
     invocation, jinx, magic spell, malocchio, spell, wanga, weird,
     whammy