Christian Science
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkrɪs.tʃən ˈsaɪ.əns/
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Ciencia Cristiana
- The Christian Science practitioner was praying for it to drop off.
- Christian Science Monitor
- Christian Science Church
- Christian Science practitioner
Her mother was had turned to Christian Science and become an invalid, which was so ironic because you can't go to doctors.
- Her mother was had turned to Christian Science and become an invalid, which was so ironic because you can't go to doctors.
Examples
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Walker must also allow her teenage daughter to choose between standard treatment and Christian Science healing when she needs medical help.
Academic text (1990) -
First, while some churches promulgate social or behavioral policies, the Christian Science Church implements no such policies.
Academic text (2014) -
The normal response to suffering in Christian Science is prayer.
Academic text (2014) -
So... keeping this healing in mind, I decided for my first alternative... I would try calling a Christian Science practitioner.
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In many ways, Christian Science has emerged from a long spell in a cocoon.
Academic text (2014) -
Robyn became ill, and his parents had a Christian Science practitioner pray for him rather than seeking standard medical help.
Academic text (1990) -
Walker chose to follow her church's teachings and employ only a Christian Science practitioner to help the child.
Academic text (1990) -
Now, first of all, I would like you to go to a Christian Science reading room... and look up Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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Shirley Paulson (Church of Christ, Scientist) has been a Christian Science practitioner since 1991, and a Christian Science lecturer since 2006.
Academic text (2014) -
Christian Science teaches that Christian Science emphasizes spiritual healing and the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Synonyms
A Christian religious group that believes prayer can heal people and follows the writings of Mary Baker Eddy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Christian + Science
The parts 'Christian' + 'science' give a general clue that the term relates to Christianity and some notion of 'science', so a learner might infer a religious or doctrinal sense rather than a wholly unrelated meaning. However, as a capitalized proper name for a specific 19th-century religious movement with an idiosyncratic emphasis on spiritual healing, the precise referent and non‑literal use of 'Science' are not fully derivable from the words alone, making it only partially predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Christian Science gets its name from its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, who taught that Christian faith and Science—here meaning 'careful study' or 'knowledge' of spiritual truth—could heal people. So the name links Jesus' teachings to a studied approach and helps explain the group's focus on 'spiritual healing'.