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   exorcism

   /ˈɛksɔːsɪz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. the expulsion or attempted expulsion of a supposed evil spirit from a person or place: "the rite of exorcism" Similar driving outcasting outexpulsionrare:insufflationcatharsiscleansingpurificationpurgationreleasedeliverancerare:lustration

   Word Origin late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek exorkismos, from exorkizein ‘exorcize’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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