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==Origin==
[http://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]
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Exorcism]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Exorcism '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Definitions==
*1a : to expel (an [[evil]] spirit) by [[adjuration]]
:b : to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or [[oppressive]])
*2: to [[free]] of an evil spirit
==Description==
'''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]”.
[[Category: Anthropology]]
==Origin==
[http://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]
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Exorcism]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Exorcism '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Definitions==
*1a : to expel (an [[evil]] spirit) by [[adjuration]]
:b : to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or [[oppressive]])
*2: to [[free]] of an evil spirit
==Description==
'''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]”.
[[Category: Anthropology]]
