Definition
The act or process of exorcising; the removal or driving out of evil spirits or negative influences.
Etymology
Formed from exorcise plus the suffix -ment, which creates nouns from verbs and often emphasizes the result or product of an action. The suffix -ment comes from Latin -mentum and is extremely productive in English.
Kelly Says
The suffix -ment is so powerful in English that we can add it to almost any verb—'amazement,' 'resentment,' 'placement'—and while 'exorcisement' is rare today, it was a perfectly normal way to nominalize verbs in earlier centuries before 'exorcism' became standardized!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንስሳ አጥር
in-ssa a-tar
ARالعربية
إخراجه
i-kh-ra-je
BNবাংলা
দৈত্য বিতাড়ন
dai-ty bi-ta-d-ron
CACatalà
exorcisme
eks-or-sizm
CSČeština
exorcism
eks-or-ciz-m
DADansk
uddrivelse
ud-driv-le-se
DEDeutsch
Exorzismus
eks-or-zi-zmus
ELΕλληνικά
απομάκρυνση
a-po-mak-r-n-si
ESEspañol
exorcismo
eks-or-si-zmo
FAفارسی
رهایی از شیاطین
rah-hai az shey-a-tin
FISuomi
paholaisen karkotus
pa-ho-lai-sen kar-ko-tus
FRFrançais
exorcisme
eks-or-si-zm
GUGU
દેવતાઓનું દૂર કરવું
de-va-ta-o-nu du-ru kar-vu-n
HIहिन्दी
बुरी आत्माओं का उन्मूलन
bu-ri a-t-ma-o-n ka un-moo-lan
IDBahasa Indonesia
ritual pengusiran setan
ri-tu-al pen-gu-si-ran se-tan
ITItaliano
esorcismo
e-sor-ci-zmo
JA日本語
払いの儀式
harai no gi-shiki
KMKM
ប្រព័ន្ធប្រកាស
pra-pov-an-th pra-ka-as
MRMR
दैवतांचा काढणे
dai-va-ta-ncha ka-d-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
ritual pengusiran syaitan
ri-tu-al pen-gu-si-ran syai-tan
MYမြန်မာ
geist တင်
geist tin
NLNederlands
uitdrijving
uit-drijf-ing
NONorsk
utdrivelse
ut-dri-ve-lse
PAPA
惡靈驅除
a-k-ling k-ri-ch-ud
PLPolski
egzorcyzm
eg-zor-cizm
PTPortuguês
exorcismos
eks-or-si-mos
RORomână
exorcism
eks-or-ciz-m
RUРусский
изгнание бесов
izg-na-nie be-so-v
SVSvenska
exorcism
eks-or-sizm
SWKiswahili
kuhani
ku-ha-ni
TAதமிழ்
அசுர விரட்டுதல்
asu-ra vi-rat-tal
TEతెలుగు
దేవతలను తరిమి
de-va-tal-nu ta-ri-mi
THไทย
พิธีขับไล่ผี
phi-thi khwa-lai phee
TRTürkçe
ruhu çıkarma
ruh-u chi-kar-ma
UKУкраїнська
вигнання
vi-gnannya
URاردو
روحوں کو نکالنا
roo-hon ko nikal-na
VITiếng Việt
lễ trừ tà
le tru ta
ZUZU
ukuthiwe
u-ku-thi-we