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priest-doctor

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Noun1.priest-doctor - in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worldspriest-doctor - in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
shaman
non-Christian priest, priest - a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
medicine man - a Native American shaman
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In some ways, it calls for a reawakening of the traditional ideal of the universal doctor, the priest-doctor, the shaman-healer who has assimilated a knowledge of both the physical and nonphysical worlds, who is competent in ministering to the needs of the body, alert to subtle causative influences in the patient's life-world, and sensitive to the role of mind in the healing process.
The wellsprings of healing: on the doctor as artist by Stefano, Vincent Di / Townsend Letter
During the Middle Ages, judges of the Inquisition regularly encouraged the use of priest-doctors to torture suspected heretics.
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