faith healing
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- Care provided through prayer and faith in God: A method of treating illness or injury that relies on spiritual or religious belief, prayer, and divine intervention rather than conventional medical science.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Some people seek faith healing when modern medicine offers no cure.
- The community gathered for a session of faith healing for the sick child.
- Her recovery was attributed to faith healing by her family.
Advanced Usage
- "to practice faith healing": To administer or engage in the method of healing through prayer and faith.
- The minister is known to practice faith healing during his services.
- "to believe in faith healing": To have confidence in the efficacy of spiritual healing.
- Many in the congregation believe in faith healing.
Variants and Related Words
- Faith healer (n): A person who performs or facilitates faith healing.
- People traveled miles to see the famous faith healer.
- Spiritual healing (n): A broader term for healing that addresses the spirit or soul, which may encompass faith healing.
Synonyms
- Divine healing: Healing believed to come directly from a divine power.
- Prayer healing: Healing sought specifically through the act of prayer.
Related Concepts
- Alternative medicine: A category of treatments outside mainstream healthcare, under which some may classify faith healing.
- Laying on of hands: A physical practice often associated with faith healing, where a healer touches the person being prayed for.
Noun
- care provided through prayer and faith in God