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Definition of witch doctor in English: witch doctornoun (among tribal peoples) a magician credited with powers of healing, divination, and protection against the magic of others. (部落里的)巫医 Example sentencesExamples - With this situation your sister is going through, I think that an opinion from a sorceress or a witch doctor would be appreciated.
- If you wish to avenge a wrongdoing you simply pay the local shaman or witch doctor to invoke the spirits on your behalf.
- Instead of concluding that the idea that illness is caused by evil spells is nonsense and that the charm is without curative power, the witch doctor explains that the charm did not work because the client did not have enough faith.
- Unfortunately, many people refer to him as a witch doctor or a black magic man, and he was none of that.
- The witch doctor then proceeded to sponge the medicine all over the mirror, and asked the elder to look carefully at the mirror and tell him what he could see.
- The shaman, witch doctor, wise woman, apothecary, and anatomist have knowledge that has continuing validity.
- Tribals worship spirits and are controlled by their headman who can be called a witch doctor, he said.
- The Milner Brothers' 1957 film From Hell It Came was the strange story of a South Sea Islands prince who is executed by a witch doctor for fraternizing with American scientists.
- But his character was once a witch doctor and the show is part of the power.
- Well I really should not be calling you a witch when I am a witch doctor.
- This was usually an amulet, or simply a piece of bone or wood, bought from the witch doctor for a couple of chickens or something similar, and supposedly endowed by him with the magic powers of warding off the ‘evil eye’.
- There's a bunch of other fun stuff in regards to zombies, flesh-eating bugs, a bizarre recurring dream sequence, and a joke about a witch doctor, but I won't spoil it here.
- The village witch doctor or shaman would shake bones while chanting, in the hope of bringing or ending the rains.
- The mother of a 44-year old Danish woman is accusing the witch doctor of the death of her daughter who visited his Copenhagen clinic several times, convinced that she was cursed.
- The shaman is a witch doctor, a dream reader, and an intermediary (go-between) between the living and the spirit world.
- The witch doctor throws some herbs on a fire, shakes his rattle, and says, ‘I have placed a powerful spell on you, but it will only work once a year.’
- You got your wedding present from a witch doctor?
- And then; as if some rain dancing magic had been performed by a friendly witch doctor without her knowing; the entire presentation of flame and brimstone ceased as swiftly as it had begun.
- An African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and take them to healthier land.
- Imagine living in a tribe were the Chief is superseded by the witch doctor every time there is a lack of rain or the crops are poor.
Synonyms medicine man, shaman, healer Australian boyla in southern Africa sangoma in Hawaii kahuna in Greenland angekok Definition of witch doctor in US English: witch doctornounˈwiCH ˌdäktərˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktər (among tribal peoples) a magician credited with powers of healing, divination, and protection against the magic of others. (部落里的)巫医 Example sentencesExamples - The witch doctor throws some herbs on a fire, shakes his rattle, and says, ‘I have placed a powerful spell on you, but it will only work once a year.’
- Instead of concluding that the idea that illness is caused by evil spells is nonsense and that the charm is without curative power, the witch doctor explains that the charm did not work because the client did not have enough faith.
- The shaman is a witch doctor, a dream reader, and an intermediary (go-between) between the living and the spirit world.
- There's a bunch of other fun stuff in regards to zombies, flesh-eating bugs, a bizarre recurring dream sequence, and a joke about a witch doctor, but I won't spoil it here.
- And then; as if some rain dancing magic had been performed by a friendly witch doctor without her knowing; the entire presentation of flame and brimstone ceased as swiftly as it had begun.
- Well I really should not be calling you a witch when I am a witch doctor.
- Unfortunately, many people refer to him as a witch doctor or a black magic man, and he was none of that.
- Imagine living in a tribe were the Chief is superseded by the witch doctor every time there is a lack of rain or the crops are poor.
- The mother of a 44-year old Danish woman is accusing the witch doctor of the death of her daughter who visited his Copenhagen clinic several times, convinced that she was cursed.
- Tribals worship spirits and are controlled by their headman who can be called a witch doctor, he said.
- You got your wedding present from a witch doctor?
- This was usually an amulet, or simply a piece of bone or wood, bought from the witch doctor for a couple of chickens or something similar, and supposedly endowed by him with the magic powers of warding off the ‘evil eye’.
- But his character was once a witch doctor and the show is part of the power.
- If you wish to avenge a wrongdoing you simply pay the local shaman or witch doctor to invoke the spirits on your behalf.
- The witch doctor then proceeded to sponge the medicine all over the mirror, and asked the elder to look carefully at the mirror and tell him what he could see.
- The shaman, witch doctor, wise woman, apothecary, and anatomist have knowledge that has continuing validity.
- With this situation your sister is going through, I think that an opinion from a sorceress or a witch doctor would be appreciated.
- An African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and take them to healthier land.
- The village witch doctor or shaman would shake bones while chanting, in the hope of bringing or ending the rains.
- The Milner Brothers' 1957 film From Hell It Came was the strange story of a South Sea Islands prince who is executed by a witch doctor for fraternizing with American scientists.
Synonyms medicine man, shaman, healer |