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Priest-doctor   /prist-dˈɑktər/   Listen
Priest-doctor

noun
1.
In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.  Synonym: shaman.






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"Priest-doctor" Quotes from Famous Books



... good and bad spirits. To the good they pay no heed; "Why should we?" they say, "the good spirits do us no harm; the evil spirits, who dwell in every rock, grove, and mountain, are constantly at mischief, and to them we must pray, for they hurt us." Every tribe has a priest-doctor; he neither knows nor attempts to practise the healing art, but is a pure exorcist; all bodily ailments being deemed the operations of devils, who are cast out by prayers and invocations. Still they acknowledge ...
— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker



Words linked to "Priest-doctor" :   non-Christian priest, priest, medicine man, shaman



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