We find accordingly that Cyril enforces the duty of attending the Exorcisms on all the candidates alike, and from his use of the Plural (Exorcisms) we see that the ceremony was often repeated for each person.  Thus in the Clementine Homilies Peter is represented as saying, “Whoever of you wish to be baptized, begin from to-morrow to fast, and each day have hands laid upon you Hom. iii. c. 73.,” the imposition of hands being one of the ceremonies used in exorcism Orig. in Josu. xxiv. § 1:  “exorcistarum manus impositione.”.  From expressions in the Introductory Lecture, “When ye have come in before the hour of the exorcisms Procat. § 13.,” and again, “when your exorcism has been done, until the others who are to be exorcised have come Ib. § 14.,” it seems that before each Catechizing the candidates were all exorcised, one by one Aug. Sermo de Symb. ii. § 1:  “ut ex locis secretis singuli produceremini.”  This may possibly refer only to the final exorcism immediately before Baptism., and that the earlier, after returning from their own exorcism, had to wait for those who came later.  The catechizing was thus frequently delayed till late in the day, and Cyril often complains of the shortness of the time left at his disposal Cat. xiii. 8:  xv. 33; xviii. 16, &c..