exorcism

English

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Etymology

From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) ὅρκος (hórkos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪ.zəm/

Noun

exorcism (countable and uncountable, plural exorcisms)

1. The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

Related terms

• exorcise
• exorcist
• exorcistical
• exorcistic
• adorcism

Translations

ritual driving out of evil spirits

• Arabic: رُقْيَة f (ruqya)
• Armenian: դիվահալածություն (hy) (divahalacutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: ekzorsizm
• Catalan: exorcisme (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驅魔／驱魔 (zh) (qūmó), 破魔 (pòmó)

• Czech: exorcismus
• Danish: eksorcisme c
• Dutch: exorcisme (nl) n, uitdrijving (nl) f
• Esperanto: ekzorco
• Finnish: manaus (fi), henkien poismanaus, eksorkismi
• French: exorcisme (fr) m
• Galician: exorcismo (gl) m
• German: Exorzismus (de) m, Teufelaustreibung f, Teufelsbeschwörung (de) f
• Greek: εξορκισμός (el) m (exorkismós)
• Hebrew: גירוש שדים
• Hindi: हाज़िरात (hāzirāt), अभिचार (hi) (abhicār), दावत (hi) (dāvat), भूतापसारण (bhūtāpsāraṇ), भूतशुद्धि (hi) (bhūtśuddhi), झाड़-फूँक (jhāṛ-phū̃k), पिशाचनाशन (piśācnāśan), ओझाई (hi) (ojhāī), झाड़ (hi) (jhāṛ), झाड़ा (hi) (jhāṛā), सोखाई (hi) (sokhāī), ओझैती (hi) (ojhaitī), परी-ख़्वानी (parī-xvānī)
• Italian: esorcismo (it) m
• Japanese: 破魔 (ja) (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), エクソシズム (ekusoshizumu)
• Korean: 굿 (ko) (gut), 구마 (guma)
• Latin: adiuratio f
• Lithuanian: egzorcizmas
• Macedonian: егзорци́зам m (egzorcízam), истеру́вање n (isterúvanje)
• Norwegian: eksorsisme (no)
• Old English: hālsung f
• Polish: egzorcyzm (pl) m, egzorcyzmowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: exorcismo (pt)
• Romanian: exorcism (ro)
• Russian: экзорци́зм (ru) m (ekzorcízm), изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы n (izgnánije nečístoj síly)
• Serbo-Croatian: egzorcizam (sh) m
• Sicilian: ciarmu (scn) m, ciarmatura f
• Spanish: exorcismo (es)
• Swedish: exorcism (sv), andeutdrivning (sv) c
• Turkish: egzorsizm
• Ukrainian: екзорци́зм (uk) m (ekzorcýzm)
• Volapük: sädiabam
• Yiddish: באַשווערונג f (bashverung), השבעה f (hashboe)

See also

• An exorcism footage[1]

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exorcisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ek.sorˈt͡ʃism/

Noun

exorcism n (uncountable)

1. exorcism

Declension

declension of exorcism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) exorcism	exorcismul
genitive/dative	(unui) exorcism	exorcismului
vocative	exorcismule

Further reading

• exorcism in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)