1.
[syn: exorcism, dispossession]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exorcism \Ex"or*cism\ (-s[i^]z'm), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr.
'exorkizmo`s; cf. F. exorcisme.]
1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits
from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of
conjuration used.
[1913 Webster]
2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exorcism
n 1: freeing from evil spirits [syn: exorcism,
dispossession]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "exorcism":
cantrip, charm, conjuration, conjurement, curse, evil eye,
evocation, exorcisation, exsufflation, glamour, hex, incantation,
invocation, jinx, magic spell, malocchio, spell, wanga, weird,
whammy