Definition of "priest-doctor" []

• In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "She assumed the form of a priest-doctor, clothed herself in a priest's gown, with the regulation headdress and straw shoes, and attached to her girdle a gourd containing pills and other medicines."
• "But the whole decision rests entirely with the patient and his confessor; or they can call in an expert priest-doctor."
• "With the Katingans the blian (priest-doctor) always drinks a little of the blood when an animal is sacrificed."