exorcistical

English

Etymology

exorcist +‎ -ical

Adjective

exorcistical (not comparable)

1. Relating to exorcism.
   • 1754, George Lavington, The enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared‎^[1]:

     But the Exorcistical Writers reckon "among the certain Signs of a Possession, or Witchcraft, the hearing or seeing preternaturally such strange things.

   • 2005, B. Arps, Performance in Java and Bali‎^[2], page 18:

     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tradition looked with suspicion on the puppet theatre is that it functioned as an exorcistical ritual (Ruizendaal, unpublished).

   • 2010, Philip Young, Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration‎^[3], page 170:

     Even 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.

Synonyms

• exorcistic