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ceremonialist

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[ser-uh-moh-nee-uhl-ist] / ˌsɛr əˈmoʊ ni əl ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who values or practices ceremony; someone who favors form or ritual.

adjective

  1. inclining toward ceremony; promoting or characterized by formalism and ritual.

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Antonia Greene, a psychotherapist, shamanic practitioner and ceremonialist on Vashon Island, hosts a free community fire ceremony.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Papist and sceptic, mystic and ceremonialist, latitudinarian and Presbyterian, all were hostile.

From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard

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