ritualist
Americannoun
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a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
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a person who practices or advocates observance of ritual, as in religious services.
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(initial capital letter)
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a person who supports High Church principles.
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a supporter of the Oxford movement.
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Etymology
Origin of ritualist
Example Sentences
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The Chief Ritualist departed with seemly haste to make this known to the Sun Goddess and other ancestors of the Imperial House.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon it His Majesty had painted with delicate brush strokes the name considered most auspicious by the Chief Ritualist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Led by the white-robed Chief Ritualist, the little wedding procession quickly disappeared within the shrine.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is all the difference between the Mass ceremonial in a Ritualist church and in a Catholic church—the historical sense is violated in one case and satisfied in the other.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George
Our Mr. Prince is a Tractarian, and a Ritualist, and a Puseyite, and an Anglican.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
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