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REVIVALIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preacher of the Christian gospel

Synonyms:

evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("revivalist" is a kind of...):

preacher; preacher man; sermoniser; sermonizer (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "revivalist"):

televangelist (an evangelist who conducts services on television)

Instance hyponyms:

Billy Graham; Graham; William Franklin Graham (United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918))

Aimee Semple McPherson; McPherson (United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944))

Dwight Lyman Moody; Moody (United States evangelist (1837-1899))

Oral Roberts; Roberts (United States evangelist (born 1918))

Billy Sunday; Sunday; William Ashley Sunday (United States evangelist (1862-1935))

Derivation:

revivalism (an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith)

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