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Definition of Exorcisms
1. exorcism [n] - See also: exorcism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exorcisms
Literary usage of Exorcisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"But this is mild, indeed, compared to some later exorcisms, as when the ...
Manuals of exorcisms became important—some bulky quartos, others handbooks. ..."
2. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"The more worldly exorcisms, such as the production of a black- handled ...
The more spiritual exorcisms are not less interesting than the others, however. ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton, William Otter (1804)
"8. what exorcisms they prescribe, besides those ordinary means ... You shall find
many vain and frivolous superstitious forms of exorcisms a- mong them, ..."
4. In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1898)
"... ABOUT FEVER — EVIL SPIRITS—BLACKSMITH AND DENTIST—exorcisms—SURGICAL
OPERATIONS—MASSAGE AND CUPPING —INCURABLE ILLNESSES — DEFORMITIES—DEAFNESS—FITS AND ..."
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