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revivalist

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re⋅viv⋅al⋅ist

  [ri-vahy-vuh-list]
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–noun
1. a person, esp. 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
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re·viv·al·ist   (rĭ-vī'və-lĭst)   
n.  

  1. One who promotes or leads religious revivals.

  2. One who revives practices or ideas of an earlier time.

re·viv'al·ist adj., re·viv'al·is'tic adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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