Definition

1. 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

1. care provided through prayer and faith in God