ritualist

American  

[rich-oo-uh-list] / ˈrɪtʃ u ə lɪst /

noun

1. a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.

2. a person who practices or advocates observance of ritual, as in religious services.

3. (initial capital letter)

   1. a person who supports High Church principles.

   2. a supporter of the Oxford movement.

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Other Word Forms

• antiritualist noun

Etymology

Origin of ritualist

First recorded in 1650–60; ritual + -ist

Example Sentences

Some of the images show humans in what appears to be ceremonial garb or engaged in hunting or ritualist activities.

From Washington Times • May 24, 2019

When we arrive at the home of the ritualist, it turns out we've forgotten several key ingredients.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

The ritualist prepares to do his work Photograph by Matt Elkind for Slate.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

Meiji shrine alone expects a minimum of 2.000,000 visitors�which is also "the physical maximum we can accommodate." says Hiroshi Taniguchi. the shrine's leading ritualist.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is at once tiresome and vivacious; she is cold-hearted but not cold-blooded, and when she lets herself go in an outburst of passion for the celibate young ritualist, Knellwood, she becomes fascinating.

From A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction by Howells, William Dean