faith healing

noun

: a method of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God
faith healer noun

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Offit was on the front lines of the 1991 measles epidemic in Philadelphia, which exploded in a pair of churches that practiced faith healing. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 But over the past sixty-plus years, practices once associated with older Pentecostal churches—glossolalia, faith healing, and the casting out of demons—began seeping through denominational borders and flourished across the country, a trend that has grown only more pronounced. Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of faith healing was in 1880

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“Faith healing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith%20healing. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Medical Definition

: a method of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God
faith healer noun

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