Hagiotherapy is the medieval practice of using religious relics, prayers, pilgrimages etc. to alleviate sickness. It was used to treat epilepsy during the Middle Ages with Saint Valentine particularly associated with the treatment as an `epilepsy specialist`. `Hagiotherapy` is also the name of a modern therapeutic method of healing a man`s `...
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Treatment of the sick by contact with relics of the saints, visits to shrines, and other religious observances. ... Origin: G. Hagios, sacred ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: hag′ē-ō-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. Treatment of the sick by contact with relics of the saints, visits to shrines, and other religious observances.
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hagiotherapy The treatment of the sick by contact with relics of the saints, visits to shrines, and other religious observations.
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