faith-cure
Definition
Noun: - Healing through religious faith: "faith-cure" refers to a method of treating illness or disease through prayer, religious belief, or spiritual intervention, without the use of conventional medical procedures or medications.
Usage Examples
- (A healing method based on religious faith.)
- (They used prayer and belief instead of medical treatment.)
Advanced Usage
- "to undergo a faith-cure": to submit to a course of treatment based on spiritual faith.
- After years of unsuccessful medical treatments, he decided to undergo a faith-cure at a local church. (He tried healing through religious means.)
Variants and Related Words
- Faith-healing (n): a synonym for faith-cure, often used interchangeably.
- Faith-healing is practiced in many religious traditions. (Healing through faith.)
- Faith-healer (n): a person who claims to heal others through spiritual power.
- The faith-healer prayed over the sick woman. (A practitioner of faith-cure.)
Synonyms
- Spiritual healing: the use of spiritual practices to treat illness.
- Divine healing: healing believed to come directly from God.
Related Idioms
- Lay hands on: to touch someone in a religious ritual intended to heal.
- The preacher laid hands on the patient as part of the faith-cure. (Performed a healing ritual.)