revivalist

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/ rɪˈvaɪ və lɪst /

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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.

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Origin of revivalist

First recorded in 1810–20; revival + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM revivalist

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

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How to use revivalist in a sentence

The Revivalists dismissed this sort of thinking as capitulation.
New Obama Book's Revelations|Richard Wolffe|November 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But the people around made no more fun of them than revivalists make of a preacher and a new convert.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
The sensational revivalists have too acute an appreciation of the dollar to convince me of their sincerity in their work.
Think|Col. Wm. C. Hunter
Who but a Hapsburg caused the persecution and jailing of the revivalists who undertook the task of awakening the nation?
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule|Various

Where are the old evangelists, the revivalists who swayed the hearts of their hearers with words of flame?
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
The meetings were like those of modern revivalists, and sometimes became disorderly.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge

British Dictionary definitions for revivalist

revivalist

/ (rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst) /

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 forms of revivalist

revivalistic, adjective

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