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.
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faith, faith community, faith cure, faith hate, faith healer, faith healing, faith school, faith, hope, and charity, faith-based, faith-healer, faither
Origin of faith healing
First recorded in 1880–85
Related formsfaith healer, noun
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faith healing
noun
treatment of a sick person through the supposed power of religious faith
Derived Formsfaith healer, noun
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