healer
healer
Definition
healer (hēl′ər)
noun
a person or thing that heals; specif., one who tries to heal through prayer or faith
Etymology: ME helere
healer
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- soul: He was more than just a physician; he was a lover of people, a healer of the soul.
Converse of object
- reiki.: Topic: Reiki. any healers here, have you tried it on ya kiddies?
- become: We Brits need to become global healers, to redeem our national karma.
- come: Her first experience of healing was when a Reiki healer come to visit her prior to her admission into UCLH.
- visit: She " To research the novel, I visited several healers myself.
- know: Jill is quoted by Country Living magazine as being Britain's best known musical healer.
- see: There is some evidence to suggest that seeing a healer can help people with cancer.
Adjective modifier
- wounded: Wounded Healers tend to talk intrusively about their own problems in the consulting room - like Robin Williams in " Good Will Hunting " .
- shamanic: A shamanic healer can find and retrieve one's life essence.
- psychic: My psychic healer told me that I should not despair.
- spiritual: The spiritual healer offers healing thoughts to anyone he or she knows to be in need of healing.
- gifted: I actually enjoyed rather than endured our sessions - in my view he is a gifted healer.
- traditional: He was a traditional healer who spoke no English.
Modifies a noun
- member: A sponsor is a healer member willing to mentor you through your probationary period.
Noun used with modifier
- faith: PEOPLE 1 What was the name of the faith healer employed by Glen Hoddle in the 1998 World Cup?
- crystal: Then she explores in greater depth the specific things you need to know to become a crystal healer.
- wound: Either can be used to make a healing poultice or a soothing oil widely regarded as one of the best wound healers around.
- master: Rose Quartz is a master healer on many levels.
- village: Neither the snake-charmers nor the village healer could do anything to help him.
- folk: It cares nothing for reputation or popularity: the concoctions of Nobel laureates and folk healers play by the same rules.
healer Quotes
The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer's art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart.
You cannot face it steadily, but this thing is sure, That time is no healer: the patient is no longer here.
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