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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''exorciscer'', from Late Latin ''exorcizare'', from Greek ''exorkizein'', from ''ex''- + ''horkizein'' to bind by [[oath]], adjure, from ''horkos'' oath

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''exorciscer'', from Late Latin ''exorcizare'', from Greek ''exorkizein'', from ''ex''- + ''horkizein'' to bind by [[oath]], adjure, from ''horkos'' oath

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1539]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1539]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Exorcism]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Exorcism '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Exorcism]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Exorcism '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

'''Exorcism''' (from [[Greek]] ἐξορκισμός, ''exorkismos'' - binding by [[oath]]) is the religious [[practice]] of evicting [[demons]] or other spiritual [[entities]] from a person or place which they are believed to have [[possessed]]. Depending on the spiritual [[beliefs]] of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate [[ritual]], or simply by [[commanding]] it to depart in the name of a higher [[power]]. The practice is [[ancient]] and part of the belief system of many [[cultures]] and [[religions]].

'''Exorcism''' (from [[Greek]] ἐξορκισμός, ''exorkismos'' - binding by [[oath]]) is the religious [[practice]] of evicting [[demons]] or other spiritual [[entities]] from a person or place which they are believed to have [[possessed]]. Depending on the spiritual [[beliefs]] of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate [[ritual]], or simply by [[commanding]] it to depart in the name of a higher [[power]]. The practice is [[ancient]] and part of the belief system of many [[cultures]] and [[religions]].

Requested and performed exorcisms occurred rarely until the later half of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century 20th century] where the public saw a sharp rise due to the [[media]] [[attention]] exorcisms were getting. There was “a 750% increase in the number of exorcisms performed between the early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960"s 1960s] and the mid-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970s]”.

Requested and performed exorcisms occurred rarely until the later half of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century 20th century] where the public saw a sharp rise due to the [[media]] [[attention]] exorcisms were getting. There was “a 750% increase in the number of exorcisms performed between the early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960"s 1960s] and the mid-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970s]”.

[[Category: Anthropology]]

[[Category: Anthropology]]