priest-doctor

Example Sentences

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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.

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

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