priest-doctor

Example Sentences

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But the whole decision rests entirely with the patient and his confessor; or they can call in an expert priest-doctor.

From Dawn of All by Benson, Robert Hugh

She assumed the form of a priest-doctor, clothed herself in a priest’s gown, with the regulation headdress and straw shoes, and attached to her girdle a gourd containing pills and other medicines.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)