ritualist

[ rich-oo-uh-list ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

First recorded in 1650–60; ritual + -ist

The Ritualist would have knelt as straight as an arrow and without quivering once all through.

I am conscious that I have spoken with too little sympathy in one or two of these essays about the Ritualist party.

Doctrinally, the modern Ritualist is prepared to surrender the old theory of inspiration.

In the case of the so-called Ritualist movement, the inspiring principle or motive is easily found.

Her carefully trained imagination was her religion, and in her own way she was a ritualist.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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