Dictionary entry

Exorcist

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex″or‐cist (–sĭst), n. [L. exorcista, Gr. εξορκιστἤσ: cf. F. exorciste.] 1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.

Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. Acts xix. 13.

2. A conjurer who can raise spirits.

Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up

My mortified spirit. Shak.