"faith healer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: faith healers [plural], faith-healer [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} faith healer (plural faith healers)
  1. One who uses spiritual means (such as prayer or laying on of hands) in an attempt to heal others. Wikipedia link: faith healer Related terms: faith healing Translations (one who uses spiritual means to heal): parasantigwar (Central Bikol), 信仰治療師 /信仰治疗师 (Chinese Mandarin), 信仰治疗师 (xìnyǎng zhìliáoshī) (Chinese Mandarin), gebedsgenezer [masculine] (Dutch), gebedsgenezeres [feminine] (Dutch), henkiparantaja (Finnish), guérisseur [masculine] (French), Geistheiler [masculine] (German), Gesundbeter [masculine] (German), 신앙 요법사 (sinang yobeopsa) (Korean), бүбү (bübü) (Kyrgyz), бакшы (bakşı) (Kyrgyz), dêcompteux [masculine] (Norman), uzdrowiciel [masculine, person] (Polish), uzdrowicielka [feminine] (Polish), znachor [masculine, person] (Polish), znachorka [feminine] (Polish), vindecător spiritual [masculine] (Romanian), helbrägdagörare [common-gender] (Swedish), üfürükçü (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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