exorcist

noun

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  1. seer
  2. shaman
  3. soothsayer
  4. diviner
  5. prophet
  6. fortune-teller
  7. witch doctor
  8. medicine man
Noun
  • All the great seers and philosophers say our daily life is an illusion.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Dating back to classical antiquity, the idea that a soothsayer can tell something about a person’s health, disposition, or destiny from the lines on their palm has long fascinated seers and scientists alike.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of seer
Noun
  • Readers are shown the likely son of a gardener planting the seeds of literature in Mesopotamia, the jungle shaman carefully hovering over the bones of the dead in the Amazon and the first rumbles of the Minotaur in the Mediterranean.
    Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The story centers on the estate’s shifting power dynamics after the arrival of the madame’s new lover, a singer/shaman scholar, as the sisters begin reclaiming their tribal heritage.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of shaman
Noun
  • Given that the upcoming trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Through an inexplicable turn of events, Talbot slays a wolf with an antique silver cane; a soothsayer later informs him that the victim is, in fact, her transformed son.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of soothsayer
Noun
  • There is, however, one more surprise: Most of the text on Lintel 25 is written backward and was probably designed to be viewed with a mirror by ancient Maya conjurers, diviners or oracles.
    James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
  • Often enough, this meant putting the same sorts of people—women making money as healers or diviners, or colonized people whose local belief systems were frightening to the colonizers—on trial.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Definition of diviner
Noun
  • The star is said to have risen in the east and guided travelers and prophets to the south, Throop said, adding that these ancient accounts make planetary sense.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The witches act as dancers and backup singers as well as prophets.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of prophet
Noun
  • Another shot featured the model topless in the lotus position as a Japanese fortune teller looks down at her erotically.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Maybe Hudson will meet a fortune teller in the next few days in order to get the ball rolling.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 July 2024
Definition of fortune-teller
Noun
  • While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
Definition of witch doctor
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  • After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.
    Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
Definition of medicine man
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