revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvī-və-list 
-ˈvīv-list
1
: one who conducts religious revivals
specifically
: a member of the clergy who travels about to conduct revivals
2
: one who revives or restores something disused
revivalist
adjective
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Screamin’ Scott Simon, the dynamic keyboard player for rock and roll revivalists Sha Na Na for more than 50 years, has died.
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Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Future Islands These Baltimore synth-pop revivalists have one of modern music’s most distinctive vocalists in Samuel T. Herring, who enunciates like David Bowie with a diction coach.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024
And lo, a cavalry of screen-ready revivalists has arrived to wage the End Times war against the satanic infantry.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Before the march began, Ross Johnston, a revivalist who travels with the Let Us Worship movement stepped in front of the crowd to share a story about his childhood.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
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Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Future Islands These Baltimore synth-pop revivalists have one of modern music’s most distinctive vocalists in Samuel T. Herring, who enunciates like David Bowie with a diction coach.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024
And lo, a cavalry of screen-ready revivalists has arrived to wage the End Times war against the satanic infantry.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Before the march began, Ross Johnston, a revivalist who travels with the Let Us Worship movement stepped in front of the crowd to share a story about his childhood.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
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revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvīv-(ə-)ləst
: one who conducts revivals
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