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faith healing
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faith healer
n.
One who treats disease with prayer.
faith healing n.
faith healing
n
treatment of a sick person through the supposed power of religious faith
faith healer  n
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Noun1.faith healingfaith healing - care provided through prayer and faith in God
faith cure
care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
laying on of hands - the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body
Translations
faith healing n → guarigione f mistica
faith healing n → guarigione f mistica


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Perhaps God thought the world needed physicians more than it needed faith healers.
What can reasonable people learn from a faith healer? by Modisett, Mitchell / The Humanist
His starting point is the affair of the "Ninjas of Banyuwangi," which took place between September and December 1998 and featured a mysterious series of murders of several traditional faith healers and young Muslim intellectuals by balaclava-wearing goons.
Indonesie: la democratie invisible--violence, magie et politique a ... by Camroux, David / Pacific Affairs
In her latest, ongoing series, "Healing," Burson continues her investigation of what lies beyond appearance, focusing on the gestures of faith healers working on patients.
Nancy Burson: Grey Art Gallery. (New York) by Gookin, Kirby / Artforum International
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