revivalist
a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
a person who revives former customs, methods, etc.
Origin of revivalist
1Other words from revivalist
- re·viv·al·is·tic, adjective
- non·re·viv·al·ist, noun
Words Nearby revivalist
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How to use revivalist in a sentence
Meisel is an EMT, an environmentalist, and an urban revivalist.
Had the political commentator turned tent pole revivalist for good?
It was an evangelical school founded by a well-known revivalist—William Moreton.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempIn the early days of the war a valued worker on Salisbury Plain was the grandson of a famous Cornish revivalist.
The Romance of the Red Triangle | Arthur Keysall YappThe contagion of a revivalist meeting is a very mysterious thing.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge | Arthur Christopher Benson
Representations had been made to the revivalist that, with propriety, he might suspend his ministry for the great day.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbHarry Carter, smuggler, privateer and revivalist, was born on a small farm at Pengersick in 1749.
The Story of an Ancient Parish | H. R. Coulthard
British Dictionary definitions for revivalist
/ (rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst) /
a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals
a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc
of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivals: a revivalist meeting
Derived forms of revivalist
- revivalistic, adjective
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