revivalist

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Recent Examples of revivalist James, too, was forgotten, but folk revivalists resurfaced him in the 1960s. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sept. 2, The Parker, Fort Lauderdale Rockin’ blues revivalist finally celebrates band’s 50th anniversary after a medical emergency stalled the 2023 tour. Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025 Thanks to the retro revivalists at SNEG, both games are now available as of this week on Steam—although neither seem to have official Steam Deck compatibility ratings. David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 This revivalist, smash one-off capped Take Action SXSW, a two-day event here to lobby against gun violence. Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for revivalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
Noun
  • Amazonians still embrace that thinking today, Jeff Barr, chief evangelist for AWS and a 23-year veteran of the company, told CNN.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the court agreed with the public evangelist − Gabriel Olivier, who was previously convicted of violating the city's restrictions on public demonstrations − that a 1994 decision shouldn't apply to him.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 and governed by the military, the police, and by courts that upheld colonial law to protect British commercial interests and missionaries.
    Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.
    al, al, 1 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • People still talked about the time three years earlier when Darlene was shipped to a different facility after reporting the chaplain.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The first Muslim chaplain was picked in 1994, and the first Buddhist chaplain followed in 2008.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • In October of 1517, a 34-year-old monk named Martin Luther (probably) nailed his famous Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saint’s Church in Wittenberg, in what is now eastern Germany.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The city’s oldest Zen Buddhist temple, Kennin-ji Temple is across the street, and one of the hotel’s many offerings is a quiet early morning walking meditation led by a monk in the dry gardens of its sub-temple Ryosokuin.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to Trump’s inauguration pastor, conservative stakeholders have encouraged companies to invest in bitcoin.
    Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hardy, who now works in digital marketing in Southern California, was raised in a religious family where the natural trajectory to become a pastor was to attend a school like Hyles-Anderson.
    Olivia Empson, Vanity Fair, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Drawn to her difference, neighbors and coworkers treat Pavitra as a confessor and sounding board for their own preoccupations.
    Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025

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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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