Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that heals or attempts to heal, especially a faith healer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which heals, cures, restores, or repairs.
- noun One whose business it is to cover houses with tiles, slates. etc. Also hellier, hillier. Ray, South and East Country Words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, heals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
agent noun ofheal : a person who heals, especially throughfaith .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
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Examples
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Amana (Trust): The Islamic healer is in the in front of of certitude as great as have been thus obliged to Allah that they say the correct avocation of care.
Islamic Healing A-Z A's admin 2009
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Amana (Trust): The Islamic healer is in the in front of of certitude as great as have been thus obliged to Allah that they say the correct avocation of care.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Joyner provided a statement on behalf of Bentley, saying the faith healer is “grieved by the trouble and confusion this has caused, especially to his friends, coworkers and all who have trusted him.”
Todd Bentley event cancelled; plus Debating the Lakeland Outpouring’s legacy 2008
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And there was such wisdom here (next qoute), i wonder so often why we idealize speed when so often the healer is slowing down: Sometimes human beings just need to sit still and read something calming.
Monday Morning 2007
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Dr. Annette Batista, a dedicated healer, is determined to find her missing sister.
Archive 2007-08-01 Nalini Singh 2007
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Somehow the word healer has a negative connotation for me, associated with quackery or similar.
On Healing 1 Dinosaur 2007
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ROMANS: Thomas, we keep hearing the word healer all day today.
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Aakash, venerated sage and healer, is the founder of Prakriti -- an abundant farm in the Himalayas.
The Seduction of Silence: Summary and book reviews of The Seduction of Silence by Bem Le Hunte. 2003
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“That charlatan you call a healer will not touch my sister.”
My Devilish Scotsman Jen Holling 2005
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He became known as a healer for young women, some of whom fell in love with him.
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