Ritualist (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)