exorcism

English

Etymology

From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪ.zəm/

Noun

exorcism (countable and uncountable, plural exorcisms)

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

Related terms

exorcise
exorcist
exorcistical
exorcistic

Translations

ritual driving out of evil spirits

Arabic: رُقْيَة‎ (ruqya)
Armenian: դիվահալածություն (hy) (divahalacutʿyun)
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
French: exorcisme (fr) m
Galician: exorcismo m
German: Exorzismus (de) m, Teufelaustreibung f, Teufelsbeschwörung (de) f
Greek: εξορκισμός (el) m (exorkismós)
Hebrew: גירוש שדים‎
Italian: esorcismo (it) m
Japanese: 破魔 (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)
Norwegian: eksorsisme (no)
Polish: egzorcyzm (pl) m, egzorcyzmowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exorcismo
Romanian: exorcism (ro)
Russian: экзорци́зм (ru) m (ekzorcízm), изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы n (izgnánije nečístoj síly)
Serbo-Croatian: egzorcizam (sh) m
Spanish: exorcismo (es)
Swedish: exorcism (sv), andeutdrivning c
Turkish: egzorsizm
Ukrainian: екзорци́зм (uk) m (ekzorcýzm)
Volapük: sädiabam
Yiddish: באַשווערונג‎ f (bashverung), השבעה‎ f (hashboe)

Romanian

Etymology

From French exorcisme.

Noun

exorcism n (uncountable)

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