ritualist

[ rich-oo-uh-list ]

/ ˈrɪtʃ u ə lɪst /

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

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

(initial capital letter) Anglican Church.

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First recorded in 1650–60; ritual + -ist

an·ti·rit·u·al·ist, noun, adjective

The porch was a bull's head, with a procession of Ritualist fools entering by the nostrils.
The Life Of George Cruikshank, Vol. II. (of II)|Blanchard Jerrold
Both had broken with them: Wade not so much when he became a ritualist as Hilary when he turned his back on manufacturing.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
You are no doubt a Ritualist, and your son has no doubt been educated in the same school.
The Altar Steps|Compton MacKenzie
I never heard of any Ritualist who considered any of his dearest practices in this light.
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2|G. T. Stokes

Her carefully trained imagination was her religion, and in her own way she was a ritualist.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various