Middle English Dictionary Entry
exorcisme n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | exorcisme n.(1) |
| Etymology | OF; ML exorcismus, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The action or practice of calling up or driving out spirits; also, incantation, invocation.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)298 : Exorcismis and halwinge, made in þe chirche, of wyn, bred, and wax..be þe uerray practyf of nigromancie rathere þanne of þe holi theologie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1625 : Most sche wrouȝt by nygromauncye, With exorzismes and coniurisons.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4050 : What auayllen Incantaciouns Of exorsismes and coniurisouns.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2246 : Forth to his exurcesmes he hastith a-noon.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3815 : A preste..Was wont to dryue deuels away Be þe vertu of exorcisme.