-_lə̇st noun
( -s )
1. : a clergyman or layman who promotes religious revivals : an advocate of or participator in religious revivals ; specifically : a clergyman (as an evangelist) without a particular charge who goes about to promote revivals
2. : a reviver or restorer of something disused (as an earlier architectural or literary style)
• re·viv·al·is·tic ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|listik adjective