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healers

NOUN

faith healer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

physician shaman therapist

STRONG

doctor mender

WEAK

curer medicine man

Example Sentences

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But the way it tethers its bruised healers to the human condition’s laws of gravity is potent medicine for coping.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Here we see hawkers and healers, experimenters and extremists, in a field every bit as raucous, competitive, risky and expensive as it is today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Sheku Tarawallie, president of Sierra Leone's Council of Traditional Healers, is adamant that "diabolic" juju men like Kanu are giving healers a bad name.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

"When we got intelligence that there is a particular dangerous witchdoctor operating a shrine, we will work with the traditional healers," said an officer on the raid, Assistant Superintendent Aliu Jallo.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

But I also knew that Gran and all the other witch doctors and rootworkers and healers before her put up with a lot more than voices in a marsh, or some silly girl’s jokes.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce