exorcist

English

Etymology

From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪst/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪst/

Noun

exorcist (plural exorcists)

1. A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 51:

     There came, too, an exorcist to banish him. When he began his conjuration with his magic words, Hinzelmann was at first quite quiet, and did not let himself be heard at all, but when he was going to read the most powerful sentences against him, he snatched the book out of his hand, tore it to pieces, so that the leaves flew about the room, caught hold of the exorcist himself, and squeezed and scratched him till ran away frightened out of his wits.

Derived terms

• exorcise
• exorcistical

Translations

a person who practices exorcism

• Arabic: رَاقٍ m (rāqin), رَاقِية f (rāqiya)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: экзарцыст m (ekzarcyst)
• Catalan: exorcista m or f
• Czech: exorcista m
• Danish: eksorcist c, djævleuddriver c
• Dutch: exorcist (nl) m, duivelbanner m, geestenbanner m
• Finnish: manaaja (fi), eksorkisti (fi)
• French: exorciste (fr) m or f
• Galician: exorcista m or f
• German: Exorzist (de) m, Exorzistin (de) f, Geisterbeschwörer m, Geisterbeschwörerin f, Geisteraustreiber m, Geisteraustreiberin f, Geisterbanner m, Geisterbannerin f, Teufelsbanner m, Teufelsbannerin f
• Greek: εξορκιστής (el) m (exorkistís)

  Ancient Greek: ἐξορκιστής m (exorkistḗs)

• Hindi: हाज़िराती (hāzirātī), ओझा (hi) (ojhā), दावती (dāvtī)
• Hungarian: ördögűző (hu)
• Icelandic: særingamaður m
• Italian: esorcista (it) m
• Japanese: 破魔者 (はましゃ, hamasha), 破魔師 (はまし, hamashi)
• Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
• Korean: 구마 사제 (guma saje)
• Latin: adiurator m
• Māori: kaipeiwairua
• Norman: d'senchorchéleux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksorsist m

  Nynorsk: eksorsist m

• Polish: egzorcysta (pl) m
• Portuguese: exorcista (pt)
• Russian: экзорци́ст (ru) m (ekzorcíst)
• Serbo-Croatian: egzòrcist (sh) m
• Spanish: exorcista (es) m or f
• Tamil: பேயோட்டி (ta) (pēyōṭṭi)
• Tangut: 𗄦 (*dźiẹj²)
• Turkish: üfürükçü (tr)
• Ukrainian: екзорцист m (ekzorcyst)
• Volapük: (♂♀) sädiaban, (♂) hisädiaban, (♀) jisädiaban
• Yiddish: באַשווערער m (bashverer), אַרויסטרײַבער m (aroystrayber)

Anagrams

• excitors

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch exorcist, from Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.sɔrˈsɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: exor‧cist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

exorcist m (plural exorcisten, no diminutive)

1. (religion) exorcist

   Synonyms: duivelbanner, duivelbezweerder, duiveluitdrijver, geestenbanner, geestenbezweerder

Related terms

• exorciseren
• exorcisme

Descendants

• → Indonesian: eksorsis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exorcista.

Noun

exorcist m (plural exorciști)

1. exorcist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	exorcist	exorcistul	exorciști	exorciștii
genitive-dative	exorcist	exorcistului	exorciști	exorciștilor
vocative	exorcistule		exorciștilor

Swedish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English exorcist).

Noun

exorcist c

1. exorcist

Declension

Declension of exorcist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	exorcist	exorcists
	definite	exorcisten	exorcistens
plural	indefinite	exorcister	exorcisters
	definite	exorcisterna	exorcisternas

Related terms

• exorcism

Further reading

• “exorcist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)