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