faith healing

noun

healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.

a method employing faith or prayer in the hope of receiving such healing.

Nearby words

faith, faith community, faith cure, faith hate, faith healer, faith healing, faith school, faith, hope, and charity, faith-based, faither, faithful

Origin of faith healing

First recorded in 1880–85

Related forms

faith healer, noun

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Examples from the Web for faith-healer

Have you heard anything about Miss Callender's course as a faith-healer?
The Faith Doctor|Edward Eggleston
Now this was the chiefest of heterodoxies to the faith-healer.
Old Times in Dixie Land|Caroline E. Merrick

British Dictionary definitions for faith-healer

faith healing

noun

treatment of a sick person through the supposed power of religious faith

Derived Forms

faith healer, noun

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