ritualist

[ rich-oo-uh-list ]

noun

1. a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
2. a person who practices or advocates observance of ritual, as in religious services.
3. (initial capital letter) Anglican Church.
   1. a person who supports High Church principles.
   2. a supporter of the Oxford movement.

Other Words From

• anti·ritu·al·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ritualist¹

First recorded in 1650–60; ritual + -ist

Example Sentences

The Ritualist would have knelt as straight as an arrow and without quivering once all through.

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I am conscious that I have spoken with too little sympathy in one or two of these essays about the Ritualist party.

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Doctrinally, the modern Ritualist is prepared to surrender the old theory of inspiration.

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In the case of the so-called Ritualist movement, the inspiring principle or motive is easily found.

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Her carefully trained imagination was her religion, and in her own way she was a ritualist.

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