Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ritualist

2 senses of ritualist

Sense 1
ritualist -- (an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms)
       => advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent -- (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Sense 2
ritualist -- (a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies)
       => social anthropologist, cultural anthropologist -- (an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems)