faith cure

noun

care provided through prayer and faith in God

• Syn: ↑faith healing

• Hypernyms: ↑care, ↑attention, ↑aid, ↑tending

• Hyponyms: ↑laying on of hands

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noun

: a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God : a cure held to have been achieved by this method

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1. a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.

2. a cure thus effected.

[1880-85]

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faith healing or faith cure noun

1. A system of belief, based on James 5.15 in the Bible, that sickness may be cured without medical advice or appliances, if the prayer of Christians is accompanied in the sufferer by true faith

2. Cure by suggestion

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Main Entry: ↑faith

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faith cure,

1. a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith alone.

2. a cure effected by this method.