RITUALIST Definition & Meaning

ritualist

[ rich-oo-uh-list ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.
1. a person who supports High Church principles.
2. a supporter of the Oxford movement.

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First recorded in 1650–60; ritual + -ist

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Analysts and Shinto ritualists have offered different speculation about what, exactly, Naruhito will do in there while 1,000 guests wait outside.

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

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He’s a ritualist, and his manners are abominable.”

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It was a civil service, an educational structure, and a ritualist organization.

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It made one man a ritualist, another an Ultramontane Roman Catholic, a third a skeptic.

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