RITUALIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ritualist mean? 

• RITUALIST (noun)
  The noun RITUALIST has 2 senses:

1. an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms

2. a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies

  Familiarity information: RITUALIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RITUALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ritualist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

ritualism (exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ritualist" is a kind of...):

cultural anthropologist; social anthropologist (an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems)

Derivation:

ritualism (the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies)