Healand
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who heals or saves; a saviour. obsolete
"[…] and the Saviour was to them touchingly, as he is to the Germans to this day, the Healand, the " Healing " one."
Example
More examples"[…] and the Saviour was to them touchingly, as he is to the Germans to this day, the Healand, the " Healing " one."
Etymology
From Middle English healend, from Old English hǣlend (“Jesus”, literally “healer or savior”), equivalent to heal + -and. Cognate with Dutch Heiland (“Saviour, Christ”), German Heiland (“Saviour, Redeemer”).
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