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faith healing

noun as in alternative medicine

noun as in laying on of hands

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People of Praise grew out of the charismatic Christian movement of the early 1970s, which adopted practices described in the New Testament of the Bible, including speaking in tongues, the use of prophecy and faith healing.

A Catholic charismatic community in India that I researched practiced exorcism as well as faith healing.

Here, as in other districts that we have referred to, the power of faith-healing is a very real thing.

Officers said the preachers had been conducting meetings in rural communities and had preached on the subject of faith healing.

The power of auto-suggestion was evident in the cures of medieval ailments wrought by the methods of faith-healing.

“Faith-healing will hardly suit me, I am afraid,” said Pollock, with his eye on the dark cushion.

Pure homeopathy is little more than a name at present; it is faith-healing without prayer.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to faith healing, such as: folk medicine, holistic medicine, natural medicine, unconventional medicine, and unorthodox medicine.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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