Exorcism (noun)

A religious or ritual act of evicting evil spirits from a person or place believed to be possessed by them.

Origin:

From middle french exorcisme, from late latin exorcismus, from greek exorkismos 'binding by oath,' from exorkizein 'bind by an oath,' from ex- 'out' + horkos 'oath'.

Examples:

1. The priests performed an exorcism to remove the demon from the possessed man.
2. The exorcism ritual involved chanting and casting holy water on the possessed person.
3. Many people still believe in the power of exorcism to rid people and places of evil spirits.
4. The exorcism was depicted in the popular horror movie, 'The Exorcist'.
5. The exorcism ceremony lasted several hours and was attended by many people.