exorcism

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• UK: /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/
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• US: /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm/
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• US: /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪ.zəm/
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From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رُقْيَة (ruqya) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Armenian: դիվահալածություն (divahalacutʻyun) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Azerbaijani: ekzorsizm — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Catalan: exorcisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Chinese Mandarin: 驅魔 /驱魔 (qūmó) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Chinese Mandarin: 破魔 (pòmó) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Chinese Mandarin: 驅邪 /驱邪 (qūxié) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Czech: exorcismus — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Danish: eksorcisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Dutch: exorcisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Dutch: uitdrijving — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Ecclesiastical Latin: exorcizō — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Esperanto: ekzorco — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Finnish: manaus — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Finnish: henkien poismanaus — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Finnish: eksorkismi — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• French: exorcisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Galician: exorcismo — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• German: Exorzismus — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• German: Teufelsaustreibung — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• German: Teufelsbeschwörung — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• German: Geisteraustreibung — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Greek: εξορκισμός (exorkismós) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hebrew: גירוש שדים — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: हाज़िरात (hāzirāt) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: अभिचार (abhicār) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: दावत (dāvat) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: भूतापसारण (bhūtāpsāraṇ) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: भूतशुद्धि (bhūtśuddhi) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: झाड़-फूँक (jhāṛ-phū̃k) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: पिशाचनाशन (piśācnāśan) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: ओझाई (ojhāī) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: झाड़ (jhāṛ) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: झाड़ा (jhāṛā) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: सोखाई (sokhāī) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: ओझैती (ojhaitī) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hindi: परी-ख़्वानी (parī-xvānī) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Hungarian: démonűzés — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Indonesian: rukiah — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Indonesian: sempulian — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Indonesian: usir gaib — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Indonesian: eksorsisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Indonesian: pengusiran setan — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Italian: esorcismo — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Japanese: 破魔 (hama) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Japanese: 祓魔 (futsuma) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Japanese: 悪魔払い — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Japanese: エクソシズム (ekusoshizumu) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Korean: 굿 (gut) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Korean: 구마 (guma) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Latin: adiuratio — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Latin: exorcismus — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Lithuanian: egzorcizmas — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Macedonian: егзорци́зам (egzorcízam) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Macedonian: истеру́вање (isterúvanje) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Norwegian: eksorsisme — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Old English: hālsung — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Polish: egzorcyzm — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Polish: egzorcyzmowanie — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Portuguese: exorcismo — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Romanian: exorcism — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Russian: экзорци́зм (ekzorcízm) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Russian: изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы (izgnánije nečístoj síly) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Serbo-Croatian: egzorcizam — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Sicilian: ciarmu — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Sicilian: ciarmatura — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Spanish: exorcismo — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Swedish: exorcism — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Swedish: andeutdrivning — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Turkish: egzorsizm — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Ukrainian: екзорци́зм (ekzorcýzm) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Volapük: sädiabam — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Yiddish: באַשווערונג (bashverung) — ritual driving out of evil spirits
• Yiddish: השבעה (hashboe) — ritual driving out of evil spirits