单词 | exorcism |
释义 | exorcismn. 1. a. The action of exorcizing or expelling an evil spirit by adjuration or the performance of certain rites; an instance of this.In first quot. misused for exorcist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] halsingc870 conjurementc1315 exorcizationc1384 exorcismc1400 exorcision1502 dispossession1600 exorcizing1610 undevillinga1652 exorcizement1782 exorcize1863 deliverance ministry1953 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of halsingc870 conjurementc1315 exorcizationc1384 exorcismc1400 exorcision1502 dispossession1600 exorcizing1610 undevillinga1652 exorcizement1782 exorcize1863 deliverance ministry1953 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1579 Sorsers & exorsismus & fele such clerkes. c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 3815 Be þe vertu of exorcisme. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii. sig. b.iiv That suffysed as now of ye exorcysme & cathecysme. 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs sig. C.iiv Ye did giue your names, & began to be ground, with fastinges & exorcysmes. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 4 Then was Baptisme chang'd into a kind of exorcisme. 1750 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace ii. v, in Wks. (1811) VIII. 336 To evince these great Truths, seems to have been the end both of Possessions and of the Exorcisms. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xxiv. 15 The spectres whom no exorcism can bind. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 74 An exorcism against the devildom Which plainly held me. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxv. 492 The calm authoritative exorcism restored the broken harmony of her being. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation conjuringc1300 conjurisonc1380 exorcizationc1384 conjurationc1386 invocation1390 conjure1393 adjurationc1405 exorcism1430 devocation1623 evocation1633 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v But moste she wrought by nycromancye With exorsismes and conjuracions. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix Ded. sig. A3v This ghost of Tucca..was raiz'd vp (in print) by newe Exorcismes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iv. 4 Will her Ladyship behold and heare our Exorcismes ? View more context for this quotation a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ii. 32 This Root of superstition..branched forth..into Magic and Exorcisms. 2. a. A formula employed in exorcizing. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > means of achieving > command or formula exorcism?1550 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > means of achieving > command or formula exorcism?1550 ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 23 b I found an olde bishoppes ordynary or boke of their exorcismes for church halowinges, etc. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 339 The same Exorcisme is repeated once more. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxxviii. 287 Morgan..began to utter exorcisms with great devotion. 1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 251 Here, then, I shall begin my exorcism. Its words must be strange and barbarous, suited to the occasion. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 Fortified with..as many exorcisms as his memory could recover, he advanced. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] oatha1225 hunting oath1570 forbode1575 exorcism1601 expletive1647 rapper1675 oathlet1835 expletion1836 emphatic1868 swear1871 rounder1885 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 225 That prescript forme of exorcisme, whereby the two Decij, both the father and sonne, betooke themselues to all the hellish furies. Derivatives exorˈcismal adj. pertaining to, or of the nature of, exorcism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [adjective] exorcistical1664 exorcisory1836 exorcismal1887 exorcistic1888 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to exorcism of exorcistical1664 exorcisory1836 exorcismal1887 exorcistic1888 1887 Fortn. Rev. May 740 The exorcismal practices of the clergy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400 |
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