revivalist

[ri-vahy-vuh-list]

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noun

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

First recorded in 1810–20; revival + -ist

Related formsre·viv·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·re·viv·al·ist, noun

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Related Words for revivalist

evangelist, pastor, preacher, messenger, clergy, teacher, cleric, missionary, televangelist, apostle, missioner, promoter, herald, propagandist, minister, converter, revivalist, parson, divine, ecclesiastic

Examples from the Web for revivalist

Historical Examples of revivalist

When it was finished, the preacher sat down beside the revivalist.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
Some had evidently come from afar, for the fame of the revivalist was widespread.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
In this instance it was hard to say which was the more surprised, the revivalist or the congregation.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
He was a Methodist preacher—a revivalist—and did his own exhorting.
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman
J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
He must be some revivalist who has gone insane on one point.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for revivalist

revivalist

noun

a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals
a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc

adjective

of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivalsa revivalist meeting

Derived Formsrevivalistic, adjective

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