revivalist
[ri-
vahy
-v
uh
-list]
/rɪˈvaɪ və lɪst/
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
1810-20;
revival
+
-ist
Related forms
revivalistic,
adjective
nonrevivalist,
noun
Examples from the web for
revivalist
They contributed largely to the success of the great
revivalist
's ministry.
At their public engagements, many politicians hanker after the devotional fervour of a
revivalist
meeting.
Less than a hundred people can decipher this writing, he supposed, including probably none of the
revivalist
thugs.
But the
revivalist
movement is already riven by splits.
He delivers his
revivalist
songs in a breathy, hushed voice.
For seven years he preached as no
revivalist
ever preached on this continent.
The applause was rhythmical and ecstatic, as at a
revivalist
gathering.
Conflict manifests itself in religious cults, cultural
revivalist
movements based on indigenous structures, rituals and beliefs.
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
3.
of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivals:
a revivalist meeting
Derived Forms
revivalistic,
adjective