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Etymology[edit]
From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizāre, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζειν (exorkízein, “banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).
exorcism (countable and uncountable, plural exorcisms)
- The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things who are possessed by them.
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Translations[edit]
ritual driving out of evil spirits
- Arabic: رُقْيَة (ruqya)
- Armenian: էկզորսիզմ (ēkzorsizm)
- Azerbaijani: ekzorsizm
- Catalan: exorcisme
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 驅魔 (zh), 驱魔 (zh) (qūmó), 破魔 (pòmó)
- Czech: exorcismus
- Dutch: exorcisme (nl), uitdrijving (nl) f
- Finnish: manaus (fi), henkien poismanaus
- French: exorcisme (fr) m
- German: Exorzismus (de) m, Teufelaustreibung f, Teufelsbeschwörung f
- Greek: εξορκισμός (el) m (exorkismós)
- Hebrew: גירוש שדים
- Italian: esorcismo (it) m
- Japanese: 破魔 (はま, hama), 祓魔 (ふつま, futsuma), 悪魔払い (あくまばらい, akuma-barai, あくまはらい, akuma-harai), エクソシスム (ekusoshisumu)
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