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Definition of Ritualist
1. Noun. An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
2. Noun. A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies.
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
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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