folk healers

collocation in English

meaningsoffolkandhealer

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folk
adjective[before noun]
uk
/fəʊk/us
/foʊk/
traditional to or typical of a particular group or country, especially one where people mainly live in the countryside, and usually passed on from parents to their children over a long period ...
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healer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhɪə.lər/us
/-lɚ/
a person who has the power to cure ill people without using ...
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(Definition offolkandhealerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The woman was told by afolkhealerthat her condition may have been caused by a curse.
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Afolkhealermay be a highly trained person who pursues his specialties, learning by study, observation and imitation.
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The influence attained by folk healers was double-edged.
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The two collections of essays present the findings of research into midwives, folk healers, matchmakers, witches and women's religious communities.
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The state, whether colonial or post-colonial, could not realistically drive folk healers out of existence without providing many more physicians to take their place.
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Their ranks are filled by folk healers, indigenous spirits, and folk heroes.
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Female shamans outnumbered male shamans, and women were usually only examined by women folk healers.
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Ironically enough, there was universal reliance on folk healers but clients often turned them in if something went wrong.
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Ministers were often thought to have obtained it through their studies at university; it is not coincidence that ministers' wives often functioned as folk healers in rural communities.
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