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
  • 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
  • That should be hard to pull off in a movie that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of Spider-Man, and yet Venom succeeds where Morbius and Madame Web—Jared Leto’s vampiric superhero and Dakota Johnson’s clairvoyant seer—stumble.
    James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of seer
Noun
  • The people, fearful, went to the shaman, and despite the initial distrust, more masked spirits appeared, transforming the sadness into joy.
    Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Playing as characters like a MAGA grandma, a QAnon shaman, or a pink-haired rockstar, participants work their way around the board collecting ballots, aiming to get enough to make it up the golden ladder to join Donald Trump on his helicopter.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of shaman
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Many Muslims consider depictions of prophets to be blasphemous.
    Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Something analogous to one of the Mormon prophets is going to be someone who saves America from civil war and disaster.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of prophet
Noun
  • 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
  • Of course, time may be running out for our fortune teller—and for every witch who had the misfortune of joining Agatha’s quest.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 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
Noun
  • 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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