Meanings
- not comparableRelating to exorcism.
But the Exorcistical Writers reckon "among the certain Signs of a Possession, or Witchcraft, the hearing or seeing preternaturally such strange things.
1754, George Lavington, The enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared2 more examples
One of the reasons why the central tradition looked with suspicion on the puppet theatre is that it functioned as an exorcistical ritual (Ruizendaal, unpublished).
2005, B. Arps, Performance in Java and Bali, page 18Even Cantwell's exorcistical gesture in building the monument to his great wound is not surprising if one accepts the claim that many neurotics overevaluate, in a magical way, the powers of the movements of the bowels.
2010, Philip Young, Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration, page 170Synonyms: exorcistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to exorcism.
Origin
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