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faith cure

faith cure

9.2
A way of healing by prayer and strong belief instead of medical treatment
  • noun
  • /feɪθ kjʊr/
translation icon : cura por fe
  • Many people believe in the power of faith cure.

Examples

  • She believes that a faith cure can heal ailments that medicine cannot reach.

  • Some people attend special meetings hoping for a faith cure through collective prayer.

  • The community turned to a faith cure after conventional medicine failed to help.

  • She found a faith cure for her chronic pain.

  • Many individuals believe in the power of faith cure to heal their ailments through prayer.

  • She turned to faith cure as an alternative to traditional medicine for her chronic illness.

  • The church community offered faith cures for those seeking relief from physical and emotional suffering.

Synonyms

treatment
vsfaith cure
  • Specialized
∞ 2.1

Care to cure or reduce a health problem

focuses on spiritual intervention rather than conventional medical care
cure
vsfaith cure
771 2.5

A medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away

relies on prayer and belief instead of physical medicines or therapies
faith healing
vsfaith cure
2 7.5

A way people try to cure sickness with prayer and belief instead of medicine

uses prayer and belief rather than medical methods
curative treatment
vsfaith cure
  • Specialized
3.8

A medical treatment that removes a disease completely

uses spiritual means instead of medical therapy to restore health

How Medical

surgery
945 2.7
medical care
155 2.5
faith cure
9.2

Surface Forms

faith cure singular
faith cures plural

Morphology

faith + cure

The meaning 'healing through belief or prayer' is directly inferable from combining faith (belief) with cure (restoring health); a learner who knows both constituents can understand it as a method of curing based on faith. This compositional pattern (faith-based healing) is conceptually clear and cross-linguistically common, so it is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Faith cure comes from religious meetings where people believed that strong faith and prayer could make someone well without doctors. That's why faith cure means 'healing by belief or prayer' rather than medical treatment.