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practitioner:
(also ‘practician’; plural: ‘practitioners‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)
a medical practitioner/a medical doctor/nurse
an educated person who is licensed or permitted to make use of what he/she has learned in order to earn money (usually combined with the qualification or profession or trade he/she has, e.g. a ‘medical practitioner’ = a medical doctor or physician; a ‘law practitioner’ = a lawyer or advocate; a ‘gospel practitioner’ = a preacher or priest; a ‘theatre practitioner’ = a director, producer or actor; etc.);
a religious person who has permission to preach spiritual teachings and heal people with his/her preachings,
a law practitioner/ a lawyer
e.g.
My aunt is a medical practitioner; she has a clinic beside her residence.
To win this case, we need an efficient law practitioner; not just any lawyer who can be retained cheaply.
His Holiness Dali Lama says that as a religious practitioner he has the responsibility to spread Buddhism in the world.
a religious practitioner, Swami Sivananda, Bahamas
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