Definition of healer
1 : one that heals
2 : a Christian Science practitioner
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Local media describe Patricio as a traditional healer from the western state of Jalisco.
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For Dr. Jones, there was recognition that Manchester, its victims and its healers, would be dealing with the consequences of the attack for some time.
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The household’s nanny, who was training to be a sangoma, or healer, would collect the snake corpses for her studies.
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12th Century
First Known Use of healer
12th century
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