Definition

1. Verb:
   • To exorcize by clasping hands: To perform a ritualistic gesture, typically by interlocking or positioning the fingers and hands in a specific symbolic manner, as part of a magical or religious practice to cast out evil spirits or invoke supernatural power.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Thầy pháp bắt quyết để trừ tà. (The sorcerer clasped his hands in a ritual gesture to exorcize the demon.)
  • Theo truyền thuyết, người đó có thể bắt quyết để chữa bệnh. (According to legend, that person could perform ritual hand gestures to cure illness.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical, folkloric, or anthropological contexts describing traditional spiritual practices. It is considered an archaic term in modern Vietnamese.

Variants and Related Words

• Bắt ấn (v): To form a mudra; a related term often used in esoteric Buddhist or Hindu contexts for ritual hand and finger gestures.
  • Vị sư ngồi thiền và bắt ấn. (The monk meditated and formed a mudra.)

Synonyms

• To make ritual hand gestures: To form symbolic configurations with the hands.
• To perform a mystic pass: To execute a movement believed to have magical effect (as seen in the French-Vietnamese reference).

Related Idioms

• No common idioms directly incorporate this specific, archaic verb.

verb

1. To exorcize by clasping hands