exorcism

practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area
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exorcism
Francisco Goya · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

exorcism ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,885 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: evocation[2], spiritual therapy[3]
  • Commons category: Exorcism[4]
  • Has part(s): Islamic exorcism[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Exorcism[6]
  • Facet of: spirit possession[7], demon[8]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • Partially coincident with: deliverance ministry[12]
  • Different from: Exorcism[13]
  • Practiced by: exorcist[14]

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Influence

Things named for exorcism include The Exorcism[15], a film[16], directed by Joshua John Miller[17]; The Exorcism of God[18], a film[19], directed by Alejandro Hidalgo[20]; and Sexorcism[21], an album[22].

Why It Matters

exorcism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] exorcism is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for exorcism include The Exorcism[15], a film[16], directed by Joshua John Miller[17]; The Exorcism of God[18], a film[19], directed by Alejandro Hidalgo[20]; and Sexorcism[21], an album[22].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Frettie · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ph120103, xx0349904
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nl cr aut id: xx0349904, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790922998257"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → exorcism, exorcisms
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: exorcism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927521|exorcism (#289927521)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Exorcism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Exorcism, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → AME
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295115, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5942
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5942, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478280|EXORCISM (#167478280)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Svkkl authority id → h0000287-exorcismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000287-exorcismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  7. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/exorcismo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: e/exorcismo, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  8. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 22328, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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