revivalist

 [ri-vahy-vuh-list]  

re·viv·al·ist

   [ri-vahy-vuh-list]
noun
1.
a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
2.
a person who revives former customs, methods, etc.
Origin:
1810–20; revival + -ist

Related forms
re·viv·al·is·tic, adjective
non·re·viv·al·ist, noun
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revivalist (rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst)
 
—n
1.  a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals
2.  a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc
 
—adj
3.  of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivals: a revivalist meeting
 
revivalistic
 
—adj

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