exorcist

Plural: exorcists

Noun

• A person who performs exorcisms.
• one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
• someone who practices exorcism
• 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.

Examples

• The Scrabble exorcist bravely tackled the board, clearing all those tricky letters.

Synonyms

exorciser