cist : Idioms & Phrases

Ex"or-cist noun

Etymology

L. exorcista, Gr. : cf. F. exorciste.

Definitions

1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.

   Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. Acts xix. 13.

2. A conjurer who can raise spirits. R.

   Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up My mortified spirit. Shak.

Webster 1913