divine healing
Americannoun
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healing through divine intervention as in response to prayer or because of faith.
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a method employing prayer or faith in the hope of receiving such healing.
Example Sentences
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This meant while visitors were residing at Scoan they would not become unwell and would believe in the divine healing powers of their pastor.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
Judge Barrett belongs to People of Praise, a small and relatively obscure Christian group that has adopted Pentecostal practices such as speaking in tongues, belief in prophecy and divine healing.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2020
Hausner’s picture grows organically out of her fine earlier work, especially the masterful “Lourdes,” a rigorously deadpan comedy of manners about divine healing, the power of suggestion and the human susceptibility to groupthink.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2019
On top of this knowledge and divine healing powers, Sisius also happens to throw the best parties.
From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2015
My husband told him to leave medicine and ordered me to give it, not because he had no confidence in divine healing, but for fear of the law, and to please the people.
From Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life by Byrum, E. E.
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