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Recent Examples of exorcism
This includes the ability to prophesy, heal, interpret different tongues, receive visions, and to perform miracles or exorcisms.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Demand for exorcisms boomed in the wake of the film, along with a crop of renegade priests willing to perform the ritual without the Church's approval.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
This was the exorcism of another of last season’s ghosts.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
These men act out their crimes in reenactments, leading to what’s almost an exorcism for both the killer and the survivors.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Demand for exorcisms boomed in the wake of the film, along with a crop of renegade priests willing to perform the ritual without the Church's approval.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
This was the exorcism of another of last season’s ghosts.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
These men act out their crimes in reenactments, leading to what’s almost an exorcism for both the killer and the survivors.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcism
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Continuing in the tradition of such Disney+ witchcraft staples as the Hocus Pocus movie franchise and Marvel’s Agatha All Along, Disney Branded Television has given a pilot order to Coven Academy (woking title), a single-camera supernatural dramedy for Disney Channel and Disney+.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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The two women and their supporters are seeking a pardon, an apology and a national memorial in honor of all those accused and convicted of witchcraft during the law’s 173-year reign.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lawrence-Mathers not only shows the bonds between religion and sorcery but examines the sheer beauty of the manuscripts involved, from illumination to illustration.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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But such is the magic of Netflix, which through some unique combination of algorithmic wizardry and word-of-mouth virality has the power to spawn global hits nobody saw coming.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic All the wizardry from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts come together in the Ministry of Magic.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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All three are presented in the episode-two challenge, where they are suspended in cages above the ground out in the woods, like they’ve been accused of witchery or something.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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There’s also a glimpse of Billy, Lilia and Jen channeling iconic Disney heroes and villains, plus requisite flashbacks to Agatha and Rio’s days of Salem witchery.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Oct. 2024
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At its core, the series emphasizes that the real magic lies in human endurance, physical mastery, and mental strength.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The decor is also a match to the magic of the menu.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Exorcism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcism. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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