Crossword clues for exorcised
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exorcise \Ex"or*cise\ ([e^]ks"[o^]r*s[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised (-s[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising (-s[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr. "o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.]
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To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.
He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.
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To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
Exorcise the beds and cross the walls.
--Dryden.Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise crowds who are . . . processed as I am.
--Spectator.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: exorcise)
Usage examples of "exorcised".
Second, what sort of things are capable of being exorcised or remedied.
Therefore, since the first act of reconciliation by which a man is consecrated to God is in baptism, it is necessary that man should be exorcised before he is baptized.
When it is asked whether the disease is to be exorcised and the devil abjured, and which of these should be done first.
Also, just as the child is first exorcised, and then the devil is abjured to depart.
Again, just as salt and water are exorcised, so are all things which can be used by the sick man, so that it is expedient to exorcise and bless chiefly his food and drink.
But in case nothing is found, then he who is to be exorcised should if possible go into the church in the morning, especially on the Holier Days, such as the Feast of Our Lady, or on some Vigil.
And let him who is to be exorcised hold in his hand a Holy Candle as well as he can, either sitting or kneeling.
Nevertheless it is most true that when a person has not been duly exorcised before baptism, the devil, with God's permission, has always more power against such a person.
He had the time to wait while the gremlins were exorcised from Durani's jinnetic engineering scheme.
Not only had he given it to me informally, he'd been coy about feeding me information I needed like anything, and then he'd fled like an exorcised demon when I counted on him most.
The prescient warning she had first sensed on Dune in the ruins of Sietch Tabr would not be exorcised until she ended or the Sisterhood ended.
And I didn't need to know about the aerial garlic spraying Jose Franco was working on with some of the horticulture people at UCAC to try to slow down the little vegetable vam pires that have played such havoc with the local citrus crop over the past few years, ever since they got here in a cargo of imperfectly exorcised lemons from Greece.
He had the time to wait whfle the gremlins were exorcised from Durani's jinnetic engtaeering scheme.
No entity could drive out an aura higher than its own, and a natural aura in its own host could not be exorcised regardless.
It should not and cannot be exorcised, and I would not do it if I were able.