exorcist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone who practices exorcism

2. 2
   noun

   one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church

3. 3
   noun

   A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

Etymology

From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).