revivalist

noun re·viv·al·ist \-ˈvī-və-list, -ˈvīv-list\

religion : someone who organizes and leads a revival meeting

: someone who uses or practices something that was popular in the past

Full Definition of REVIVALIST

: one who conducts religious revivals; specifically : a member of the clergy who travels about to conduct revivals

: one who revives or restores something disused

— revivalist adjective

— re·viv·al·is·tic \-ˌvī-və-ˈlis-tik\ adjective

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1820

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