revivalist
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re·viv·al·ist
(rĭ-vī′və-lĭst)n.
1. One who promotes or leads religious revivals.
2. One who revives practices or ideas of an earlier time.
re·viv′al·ist adj.
re·viv′al·is′tic adj.
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revivalist
(rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals
2. a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc
adj
(Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or characterizing revivalism or religious revivals: a revivalist meeting.
reˌvivaˈlistic adj
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re•viv•al•ist
(rɪˈvaɪ və lɪst)n.
1. a person, esp. a member of the clergy, who holds religious revivals.
2. a person who revives former customs, methods, etc.
[1810–20]
re•viv`al•is′tic, adj.
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Noun 1. [画像:revivalist - a preacher of the Christian gospel]revivalist - a preacher of the Christian gospel
televangelist - an evangelist who conducts services on television
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revivalist
[rɪˈvaɪvəlɪst]A. N → evangelista mf; (= preacher) → predicador(a) m/f evangelista
B. CPD revivalist meeting N → reunión f evangelista
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revivalist
adj → erneuernd ; meeting, spirit, preacher → der Erweckungsbewegung; revivalist movement → Erweckungsbewegung f; a revivalist rock group → eine Revival-Rockband
n → Anhänger(in) m(f) → der Erweckungsbewegung
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