Exsufflation

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.

(2): ( n.) A blast from beneath.

(3): ( n.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

a part of the ceremony of baptism in the ancient Christian Church, in which the candidate stood with his hands stretched out towards the West, and struck them together; then he proceeded thrice to exsufflate or spit, in defiance of Satan. (See Baptism).

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