faith cure

noun

1. a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
2. a cure thus effected.

Word History and Origins

Origin of faith cure¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It was a sort of sixteenth-century "faith-cure;" and naturally enough, among such superstitious patients it was very effective.

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Now, such a cure would be called faith cure, or magnetic healing.

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The Faith Cure rests on the declarations of the Bible, that faith will remove mountains, and redeem the lost.

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As in the various phases of faith cure, the imagination has a powerful effect.

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The actual value of faith cure as a therapeutic method has been the subject of much discussion.

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