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priest-doctor

noun as in faith healer

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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.

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

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

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