Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exorcistical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-orcis-ti-cal
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to exorcism.

Example Sentences

"But the Exorcistical Writers reckon "among the certain Signs of a Possession, or Witchcraft, the hearing or seeing preternaturally such strange things."
"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tradition looked with suspicion on the puppet theatre is that it functioned as an exorcistical ritual (Ruizendaal, unpublished)."
"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."

Etymology

From exorcist + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: exorcist

Synonyms

exorcistic

Questions

What does exorcistical mean?: Relating to exorcism.
Where does exorcistical come from?: From exorcist + -ical.

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