Meaning

3 senses
  1. One skilled in ritual.

  2. One excessively concerned with religious ritual.

  3. One rigidly adhering to institutional procedures.

More definitions
  • a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
  • an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms

Origin

From ritual + -ist.

From ritual + -ist.

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Forms

plural: ritualists
Singularritualist
Pluralritualists

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedritualism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ritualist — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto