faith-healer

A faith-healer places their hands on a patient's shoulders in a quiet room.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who claims to heal illness through the power of religious faith, prayer, or divine intervention, often without the use of conventional medical methods.

Usage Examples

• (A person who heals through religious belief.)
• (Someone who relies on spiritual rather than medical treatment.)

Advanced Usage

• "to act as a faith-healer": to perform the role of a healer using faith.

  • He began to act as a faith-healer in his small community, offering prayers for the sick. (He assumed the function of a spiritual healer.)

• "faith-healer's ministry": the practice or profession of healing through faith.

  • The faith-healer's ministry grew as more people reported recoveries. (His work of faith-based healing expanded.)

Variants and Related Words

• Faith healing (n): the practice of healing through religious faith, often without medical intervention.

  • Faith healing is a controversial topic in modern medicine. (The practice of using faith to cure illness.)

• Healer (n): a person who heals, often using medical or spiritual means.

  • The village healer used herbs and prayers to treat ailments. (A general term for someone who cures.)

Synonyms

• Spiritual healer: a person who uses spiritual or religious methods to heal.
• Miracle worker: someone believed to perform miraculous cures.

Related Idioms

• Lay hands on: to place hands on a person as part of a healing ritual, often used by faith-healers.

  • The faith-healer laid hands on the sick woman and prayed. (Performed a traditional healing gesture.)

• Heal by faith: to cure through belief rather than medicine.

  • He claimed to heal by faith alone, without any drugs. (To rely solely on religious conviction for recovery.)