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Revivalistic

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re·viv·al·ist  (r-vv-lst)
n.
1. One who promotes or leads religious revivals.
2. One who revives practices or ideas of an earlier time.
re·vival·ist adj.
re·vival·istic adj.
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Adj.1.revivalistic - of or relating to or characterizing revivalism
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
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Local Ukrainian or Russian peasants, who worked for the German colonists who had settled in this region from the time of Catherine the Great, began to attend the revivalistic religious meetings occurring in their employers' communities.
Baptist beginnings in Russia and Ukraine by Coleman, Heather J. / Baptist History and Heritage
There he would gently but in a no-nonsense manner engage in theological table talk that challenged the far more conservative, literalistic, and even revivalistic Anglo pastors, who seemed intent on making their youths' camp experience one in which success would be counted by the number who had "given their hearts" to Jesus by "making a decision for Christ.
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 14): August 7, 2005 by Rollefson, John / Currents in Theology and Mission
Discussing this distinction for a wide range of American progressive reform activities, Crunden pointed out that "Given the revivalistic way in which many progressive reforms came into existence, it was perhaps only natural that there should be something of a moral hangover after the preacher left town and the new converts had to go about the duller business of daily living" (Crunden, 1982, p.
Cornelia Marvin and Mary Frances Isom: leaders of Oregon's library ... by Gunselman, Cheryl / Library Trends
 
 
 
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