Associations to the word «Ritualist»

Wiktionary

RITUALIST, noun. One skilled in ritual
RITUALIST, noun. One excessively concerned with religious ritual
RITUALIST, noun. One rigidly adhering to institutional procedures

Dictionary definition

RITUALIST, noun. An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
RITUALIST, noun. A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope