Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blowing or blast.
- noun A kind of exorcism, performed by blowing at the evil spirit. See
exsufflate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A blast from beneath.
- noun (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
- noun (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
blast frombeneath . - noun obsolete A kind of
exorcism byblowing with thebreath . - noun biology, obsolete A strongly forced
expiration ofair from thelungs .
Etymologies
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Compare Latin exsufflatio.
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Examples
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In the finals there was the ice breaker: "The spellers' exsufflation at spelling the word correctly blew people's hair back in the front row."
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Sometimes the exorcist used the rite of exsufflation, and sometimes, as St. Cyprian states, adjured the evil spirit to depart per Deum verum (by the true God).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
whichbe commented on the word exsufflation
Blowing out; forced breathing. (From WWFTD)
June 7, 2008
qms commented on the word exsufflation
Though demons possess our great nation
They’ll flee from the right exsufflation.
An exorcist’s puff
May well be enough
To drive out the orange abomination.
May 30, 2019