ritualist

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noun

One skilled in ritual.

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Meanings

nounritualist (plural ritualists)

plural ritualists

  1. One skilled in ritual.
  2. One excessively concerned with religious ritual.

    Nowhere does this dryasdust antiquary, this rigid ritualist, so sensibly relax his normal severity, nowhere does he so nearly unbend and thaw, as when he is expatiating on the congenial subject of contracts and conveyances.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 134
  3. One rigidly adhering to institutional procedures.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ceremonialist

Origin

From ritual + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

ritualist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ritualist

MLA

“ritualist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ritualist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ritualist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ritualist.

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