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Definition of Priest-doctor
1. Noun. In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
Generic synonyms: Non-christian Priest, Priest
Specialized synonyms: Medicine Man
Derivative terms: Shamanize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priest-doctor
Literary usage of Priest-doctor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Battle of the Giants: A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion, Held in by Alexander Campbell, John Baptist Purcell (1875)
"... Priest, Doctor of Divinity of the Faculty ol Paris. gius Professor of Philosoph« :
Containing the History of the Church, ecclesiastical Authors, ..."
2. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1901)
"... the art of the priest-doctor may account for the undoubted fact that there
has always been less occultism associated with surgery than with medicine. ..."
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