ritualist

Other forms: ritualists

Definitions of ritualist
  1. noun
    a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
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    type of:
    cultural anthropologist, social anthropologist
    an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
  2. noun
    an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms
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    type of:
    advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
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