Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exorcism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exorcism
n : freeing from evil spirits [syn: {dispossession}]
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