"exorcism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/ [UK], /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm/ [US], /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪ.zəm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exorcism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exorcisms [plural]
Etymology: From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|exorciser}} Old French exorciser, {{der|en|LL.|exorcizō}} Late Latin exorcizō, {{der|en|grc|ἐξορκίζω||banish an evil spirit; bind by oath}} Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), {{m|grc|ἐξ}} ἐξ (ex), {{m|grc|ὅρκος}} ὅρκος (hórkos) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exorcism (countable and uncountable, plural exorcisms)
  1. The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them. Wikipedia link: exorcism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fictional abilities, Religion Related terms: exorcise, exorcist, exorcistical, exorcistic, An exorcism footage Translations (ritual driving out of evil spirits): رُقْيَة (ruqya) [feminine] (Arabic), դիվահալածություն (divahalacutʻyun) (Armenian), ekzorsizm (Azerbaijani), exorcisme (Catalan), 驅魔 (Chinese Mandarin), 驱魔 (qūmó) (Chinese Mandarin), 破魔 (pòmó) (Chinese Mandarin), exorcismus (Czech), eksorcisme [common-gender] (Danish), exorcisme [neuter] (Dutch), uitdrijving [feminine] (Dutch), ekzorco (Esperanto), manaus (Finnish), henkien poismanaus (Finnish), eksorkismi (Finnish), exorcisme [masculine] (French), exorcismo [masculine] (Galician), Exorzismus [masculine] (German), Teufelaustreibung [feminine] (German), Teufelsbeschwörung [feminine] (German), εξορκισμός (exorkismós) [masculine] (Greek), גירוש שדים (Hebrew), हाज़िरात (hāzirāt) (Hindi), अभिचार (abhicār) (Hindi), दावत (dāvat) (Hindi), भूतापसारण (bhūtāpsāraṇ) (Hindi), भूतशुद्धि (bhūtśuddhi) (Hindi), झाड़-फूँक (jhāṛ-phū̃k) (Hindi), पिशाचनाशन (piśācnāśan) (Hindi), ओझाई (ojhāī) (Hindi), झाड़ (jhāṛ) (Hindi), झाड़ा (jhāṛā) (Hindi), सोखाई (sokhāī) (Hindi), ओझैती (ojhaitī) (Hindi), परी-ख़्वानी (parī-xvānī) (Hindi), esorcismo [masculine] (Italian), 破魔 (hama) (alt: はま) (Japanese), 祓魔 (futsuma) (alt: ふつま) (Japanese), 悪魔払い (alt: あくまばらい, akuma-barai, あくまはらい, akuma-harai) (Japanese), エクソシズム (ekusoshizumu) (Japanese), 굿 (gut) (Korean), 구마 (guma) (Korean), adiuratio [feminine] (Latin), egzorcizmas (Lithuanian), егзорци́зам (egzorcízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), истеру́вање (isterúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), eksorsisme (Norwegian), egzorcyzm [masculine] (Polish), egzorcyzmowanie [neuter] (Polish), exorcismo (Portuguese), exorcism (Romanian), экзорци́зм (ekzorcízm) [masculine] (Russian), изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы (izgnánije nečístoj síly) [neuter] (Russian), egzorcizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), exorcismo (Spanish), exorcism (Swedish), andeutdrivning [common-gender] (Swedish), egzorsizm (Turkish), екзорци́зм (ekzorcýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sädiabam (Volapük), באַשווערונג (bashverung) [feminine] (Yiddish), השבעה (hashboe) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Teufelaustreibung"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exorkismós",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "εξορκισμός"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "גירוש שדים"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "hāzirāt",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "हाज़िरात"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhūtāpsāraṇ",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "भूतापसारण"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhūtśuddhi",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "भूतशुद्धि"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jhāṛ-phū̃k",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "झाड़-फूँक"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "piśācnāśan",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "पिशाचनाशन"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ojhāī",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "ओझाई"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jhāṛ",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "झाड़"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jhāṛā",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "झाड़ा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sokhāī",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "सोखाई"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ojhaitī",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "ओझैती"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "parī-xvānī",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "परी-ख़्वानी"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "esorcismo"
        },
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          "alt": "はま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hama",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "破魔"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふつま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "futsuma",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "祓魔"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あくまばらい, akuma-barai, あくまはらい, akuma-harai",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "悪魔払い"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ekusoshizumu",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "エクソシズム"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gut",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "굿"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "guma",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "구마"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "adiuratio"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "egzorcizmas"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "egzorcízam",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "егзорци́зам"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "isterúvanje",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "истеру́вање"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "eksorsisme"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "egzorcyzm"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "word": "egzorcyzmowanie"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "exorcismo"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "exorcism"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekzorcízm",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "экзорци́зм"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izgnánije nečístoj síly",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "word": "egzorcizam"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "exorcismo"
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "egzorsizm"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ekzorcýzm",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "екзорци́зм"
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "word": "sädiabam"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "bashverung",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "באַשווערונג"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "hashboe",
          "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "ekzorsizm"
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      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcisme"
    },
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      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "驅魔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qūmó",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "驱魔"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "pòmó",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "破魔"
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      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcismus"
    },
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      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "ekzorco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "manaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "henkien poismanaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "eksorkismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exorcisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exorcismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Exorzismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teufelaustreibung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teufelsbeschwörung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exorkismós",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "εξορκισμός"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "גירוש שדים"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hāzirāt",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "हाज़िरात"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "abhicār",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "अभिचार"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dāvat",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "दावत"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhūtāpsāraṇ",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "भूतापसारण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhūtśuddhi",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "भूतशुद्धि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jhāṛ-phū̃k",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "झाड़-फूँक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "piśācnāśan",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "पिशाचनाशन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ojhāī",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "ओझाई"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jhāṛ",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "झाड़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "jhāṛā",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "झाड़ा"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "sokhāī",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "सोखाई"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ojhaitī",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "ओझैती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parī-xvānī",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "परी-ख़्वानी"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "esorcismo"
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      "alt": "はま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hama",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "破魔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふつま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futsuma",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "祓魔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくまばらい, akuma-barai, あくまはらい, akuma-harai",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "悪魔払い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ekusoshizumu",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "エクソシズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gut",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "굿"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guma",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "구마"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adiuratio"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "egzorcizmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "egzorcízam",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "егзорци́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "isterúvanje",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "истеру́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "eksorsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "egzorcyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "egzorcyzmowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekzorcízm",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экзорци́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgnánije nečístoj síly",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изгна́ние нечи́стой си́лы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "egzorcizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "exorcism"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "andeutdrivning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "egzorsizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekzorcýzm",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "екзорци́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "word": "sädiabam"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashverung",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "באַשווערונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hashboe",
      "sense": "ritual driving out of evil spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "השבעה"
    }
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}

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