NOUN | person | ritualist | an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms |
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person | ritualist | a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies |
Meaning | An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms. | |
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Broader | advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
Spanish | ritualista | |
Catalan | ritualista | |
Nouns | ritualism | exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship |
Meaning | A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies. | |
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Broader | social anthropologist, cultural anthropologist | An anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems |
Nouns | ritualism | the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies |
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