revivalistic
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a word derived from
revivalist.
revivalistnouna person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
Example Sentences
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In the Southwest, his revivalistic zeal appealed deeply to tenant farmers and miners.
From Time ● Nov. 23, 2015
The Best Plays These are the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important: Drama RAIN—Jeanne Eagels still presents powerfully this study of the revivalistic complex showing itself up in Pago Pago.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Whereas Jackson tended toward a more volatile and pulpit-thumping style reminiscent of an itinerant Presbyterian minister in the revivalistic mode, Smith preferred the more measured cadences of the South Carolina aristocrat steeped in Ciceronian formalities.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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But even at this time Synod did not take a decided stand against revivalistic enthusiasm.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
My cautious colleagues are dreadfully afraid of anything which they call revivalistic, and, indeed, of anything which is unconventional.
From The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson