revivalist

[ ri-vahy-vuh-list ]
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noun
  1. a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.

  2. a person who revives former customs, methods, etc.

Origin of revivalist

1
First recorded in 1810–20; revival + -ist

Other 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

  • Representations had been made to the revivalist that, with propriety, he might suspend his ministry for the great day.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Harry Carter, smuggler, privateer and revivalist, was born on a small farm at Pengersick in 1749.

British Dictionary definitions for revivalist

revivalist

/ (rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals

  2. a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivals: a revivalist meeting

Derived forms of revivalist

  • revivalistic, adjective

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