exorcist

• Personne qui pratique des exorcismes ; désigne aussi historiquement un membre d'un ordre mineur de l'Église occidentale, aujourd'hui largement aboli.

A person who performs exorcisms; also historically refers to a member of a minor order in the Western Church, now largely suppressed.

1. Religious practitionerB2formal

   A person who performs exorcism, the act of driving out evil spirits from a person or place through religious rituals.

   exorciste

   • The exorcist performed the ritual to cleanse the house.
   • Many people believe an exorcist can help with spiritual disturbances.
   • The church appointed a new exorcist for the diocese.

   Synonymesexorciser

2. Historical minor orderC2formalbritish

   A member of a minor order in the unreformed Western Church, now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.

   Ordre mineur de l'exorciste

   • In medieval times, an exorcist was one of the minor orders.
   • The role of the exorcist was suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.
   • Historical records mention the exorcist as a clerical rank.