ritualist noun & adjective. ['rɪtjʊǝlɪst] M17.
[from RITUAL + -IST.]
A. noun.
1. A person versed in ritual; a student of liturgical rites and ceremonies. M17.

2. A person who advocates or practises the observance of symbolic religious rites, esp. to an excessive extent, spec. (chiefly Hist.) a member of the High Church party in the Church of England; a person whose behaviour is characterized by ritualism. L17.
Old Ritualist Ecclesiastical History = Old Believer s.v. OLD adjective, noun², & adverb.
b. Anthropology. A person who performs a tribal ritual. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to ritualists or ritualism. L19.

■ ritua'listic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ritualists or ritualism; devoted to or fond of ritual; characteristic of ritual actions or behaviour: M19.

■ ritualistically adverb L19.

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