Definition of Ritualist

1. Noun. An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.

Generic synonyms: Advocate, Advocator, Exponent, Proponent
Derivative terms: Ritualism

2. Noun. A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies.
Generic synonyms: Cultural Anthropologist, Social Anthropologist
Derivative terms: Ritualism

Definition of Ritualist

1. n. One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.

Definition of Ritualist

1. Noun. one skilled in ritual ¹

2. Noun. one excessively concerned with religious ritual ¹

3. Noun. one rigidly adhering to institutional procedures ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ritualist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ritualist

ritual Ten Commandments
ritual abuses
ritual dance
ritual dancing
ritual killing
ritual servitude
ritualic
ritualisation
ritualise
ritualised
ritualises
ritualising
ritualism
ritualisms
ritualist (current term)
ritualistic
ritualistic behaviour
ritualistically
ritualists
ritualization
ritualizations
ritualize
ritualized
ritualizes
ritualizing
rituall
ritually
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rituximab

Literary usage of Ritualist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1904)
"THE ritualist (BY A COMMUNICANT OF " ST. JAMES'S") HK wore, I think, a chasuble, the day when first we met; A stole and snowy alb likewise, —I recollect it ..."

2. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... A Manual of the Lodge (1862) ; Cryptic Masonry (1867); Masonic ritualist (1867); The Symbolism of Freemasonry (1869) ; Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (1869 ..."

3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... complain of the zeal of some 'ritualist' clergyman of that day, who, at Christmas, had so ornamented the pews of the church with ' greens,' that she and ..."

4. Church and State in England & Wales, 1829-1906 by Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy (1906)
"... —St. George's ".riots "—" The Priest in Absolution "—Pusey triumphant—Pusey and Gaume—Other ritualist societies—Sacerdotalism in the Schools, the Army, ..."

5. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"His hymns are for Easter, and Ascension, and the feast of St. Thomas. And Dr. Neale (an " advanced " ritualist) rejoices in the poet's " eloquent defence of ..."

6. Church and State in England & Wales, 1829-1906 by Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy (1906)
"... Absolution"—Pusey triumphant—Pusey and Gaume—Other ritualist societies—Sacerdotalism in the Schools, the Army, and the Navy—Anglican religious orders, ..."

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