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Priest-doctor

noun

In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination. Synonym: shaman.

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"Priest-doctor" Quotes from Famous Books

... good and bad spirits. To the good they pay no heed; "Why should we?" they say, "the good spirits do us no harm; the evil spirits, who dwell in every rock, grove, and mountain, are constantly at mischief, and to them we must pray, for they hurt us." Every tribe has a priest-doctor; he neither knows nor attempts to practise the healing art, but is a pure exorcist; all bodily ailments being deemed the operations of devils, who are cast out by prayers and invocations. Still they acknowledge ...

— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker

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