revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvī-və-list 
-ˈvīv-list
1
: one who conducts religious revivals
specifically
: a member of the clergy who travels about to conduct revivals
2
: one who revives or restores something disused
revivalist
adjective
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And lo, a cavalry of screen-ready revivalists has arrived to wage the End Times war against the satanic infantry.
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Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Before the march began, Ross Johnston, a revivalist who travels with the Let Us Worship movement stepped in front of the crowd to share a story about his childhood.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
And don't miss the opening set by local shoegaze revivalists Glixen.
Details: 6:25 p.m.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Grammy-winning rock revivalists the Black Keys, soulful octet Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Grammy-winning R&B star Leon Bridges will kick off the day’s event.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
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Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Before the march began, Ross Johnston, a revivalist who travels with the Let Us Worship movement stepped in front of the crowd to share a story about his childhood.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
And don't miss the opening set by local shoegaze revivalists Glixen.
Details: 6:25 p.m.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Grammy-winning rock revivalists the Black Keys, soulful octet Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Grammy-winning R&B star Leon Bridges will kick off the day’s event.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
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revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvīv-(ə-)ləst
: one who conducts revivals
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