Healand

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"[…] 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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