Exorcist
Person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the person who performs exorcisms. For the book, see The Exorcist (novel). For the film, see The Exorcist. For other uses, see Exorcist (disambiguation).
In some religions, an exorcist (from the Greek „ἐξορκιστής“) is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or performs the ridding of demons or other supernatural beings who are alleged to have possessed a person, or (sometimes) a building or even an object. An exorcist can be a specially prepared or instructed person including: priest, a nun, a monk, a witch doctor (healer), a shaman, a psychic or a geomancer (Feng shui - Chinese geomancy).