healer

[ hee-ler ]

/ ˈhi lər /

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noun

a person or thing that heals.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of healer

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at heal, -er¹

Words nearby healer

headwork, heady, heal, heal-all, healee, healer, healey, healing, healing by first intention, healing by second intention, healing by third intention

Example sentences from the Web for healer

Her grandfather had been a physician and healer who—according to family lore—married a descendant of the Osage or Pawnee tribes.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Elected in 2005, Morales was hailed as a people's hero and even as a healer.
Is Edward Snowden Bound for Bolivia? Evo Morales Sure Seems to Hope So|Eli Lake, Mac Margolis|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His father coined the word “poliatrist”, meaning a healer of the polis or city.
Hector Abad On “Oblivion: A Memoir,” a Memorial to His Murdered Father|Maya Jaggi|April 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Anaya recalled that decades ago certain New Mexico schools banned Bless Me, Ultima, whose protagonist is a curandera, or healer.
Arizona Ethnic-Studies Ban’s Unintended Result: Underground Libraries|Megan Feldman|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In fablelike fashion, characters are named for their professions: Healer, Jeweler, Stranger.
Must Reads: Wild Abandon, Ramona Ausubel, A.S. Byatt|Nicholas Mancusi, Jennifer Miller, Allen Barra|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Nature meant him to be a healer; for he brightens up a sick room as he did the Merton station when first I set eyes upon him.
The Stark Munro Letters|J. Stark Munro
The Healer lit a candle, took his sealing-wax, and set to work.
The City Curious|Jean de Bosschre
She should be the helper and healer in this battered old world.
The Lamp of Fate|Margaret Pedler
Likewise he is a healer in a mighty storm or in the time of storm.
Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes|Howard W. Odum
From remote antiquity the fee of the healer has been regarded as a voluntary offering for services gratuitously rendered.
A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson

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noun

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