adj
Meaning 1
Evangelistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
revivalist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 V AY1 V AH0 L IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who seeks to revive something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an Art Deco revivalist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An evangelistic preacher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
a preacher of the Christian gospel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, gospeller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser
Narrower terms: televangelist, Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham, McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson, Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody, Roberts, Oral Roberts, Sunday, Billy Sunday, William Ashley Sunday
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English revival Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English revivalist From revival + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: revivaliste — evangelistic
- Finnish: elvyttäjä — someone who seeks to revive something
- Italian: risorgimentista — someone who seeks to revive something
- Finnish: saarnaaja — evangelistic preacher
- Korean: 부흥사 (buheungsa) — evangelistic preacher