n.
Pronunciation: - ' v ī -v ə -list, - ' v ī v-list
Function: noun
Date: 1820
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
– re · viv · al · is · tic \ - ˌ v ī -v ə - ' lis-tik \ adjective