ritualists

Such men as Tsz-ch'an, Shuh Hiang, Ki-chah, and the other distinguished "ritualists" of the time, are not mentioned so much on account of their abstract teachings as they are on account of their being able statesmen, competent to stave off the rising tide of revolutionary opinions.

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887

Organizations like the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius and the Institute of Christ the King, like the Anglican "slum ritualists" of the nineteenth century, have shown beauty can flower again in the most unlikely places.

Catholic Cleveland: Historic Church Saved, But Others Still in Danger 2009

Every religion has its its mystics, its ritualists, its intellectuals, its devotional celebrants; it has orthodox fanatics, scriptural literalists, skeptics, doubters and free-thinking adapters; it has selfless servants and self-important hypocrites; it has ardent devotees and indifferent part-timers.

Philip Goldberg: Sanctum Santorum: He's Not The Only Ignorant One Philip Goldberg 2012

Every religion has its its mystics, its ritualists, its intellectuals, its devotional celebrants; it has orthodox fanatics, scriptural literalists, skeptics, doubters and free-thinking adapters; it has selfless servants and self-important hypocrites; it has ardent devotees and indifferent part-timers.

Philip Goldberg: Sanctum Santorum: He's Not The Only Ignorant One Philip Goldberg 2012

God will save us all from the hands of ritualists and also accidents.

Beheaded 2008

This is not so uncommon as we have a lot of ritualists in our society.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

This is not so uncommon as we have a lot of ritualists in our society.

Beheaded 2008

In historic times in North America, Soffer pointed out, Cree ritualists placed the shoulder blade of a desired animal in a hearth.

Check Your Venus Fantasies at the Door, Gentlemen 2009

Cree ritualists predicted that hunters would find game if they journeyed in the directions indicated by the cracks.

Check Your Venus Fantasies at the Door, Gentlemen 2009

So the park service removed several inches of top soil from the kiva and invited Native American ritualists to perform cleansing ceremonies at the sacred Puebloan site.

New Agers, Slime and Olmec Heads 2009