exorcist:
(plural: ‘exorcists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘e’ rhymes with the letter ‘e’ in “pet” and the letter ‘x’ rhymes with the letter ‘k’ in “kick”)
a Christian exorcist performing exorcism
a person who practices exorcism, usually a witch doctor/witch-man or a religious head;
an exorciser,
an Islamic exorcist with the possessed (chained to the bed)
In most villages in Asian countries, the village priest acts as an exorcist in curing people possessed with evil spirits.
Almost all the religions around the world encourage exorcism, and each religion, from the biggest and oldest to the smallest and newest, has trained or licensed exorcists to drive away the demons that possess innocent people.
Though we all watch news of exorcists killing sick people while practising exorcism in the name religion and the police arresting them and the exorcists’ confessions that they do it for money, there are people, including the educated, who approach these murderous quacks for spiritual healing for psychological defects!
a Hindu exorcist (R) with his victim (L)
for an item of news about ‘exorcism’ and exorcist squads’ in Roman Catholic Church, please click here,
for a blog post about exorcists in Islam, please click here
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for an item of news about a Hindu exorcist, please click here.
