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Exorcist

/ˈɛksərsəst/
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(noun) A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

The Europeans hired an exorcist to cleanse their continent of demons.
He departed with the speed of a demon dismissed by the exorcist.
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The family called in an ____ after experiencing strange and unexplained events in their old house.

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