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 masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

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: 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
• Maori: 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
• 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)

1. (religion) exorcist

   Synonyms: duivelbanner, duivelbezweerder, duiveluitdrijver, geestenbanner, geestenbezweerder

Related terms

• exorciseren
• exorcisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exorcista.

Noun

exorcist m (plural exorciști)

1. exorcist

Declension

Declension of exorcist

	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