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Answer for the clue "An attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith ", 10 letters:
revivalism

Word definitions for revivalism in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revivalism \Re*viv"al*ism\, n. The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here is the stuff of revivalism , holiness movements, tight church membership requirements and, taken to extremes, exclusive cults.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The spiritual fervour of a religious revival

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Revivalism in architecture is the use of visual styles that consciously echo the style of a previous architectural era . Modern-day revival styles can be summarized within New Classical Architecture , and sometimes under the umbrella term traditional architecture ...

Usage examples of revivalism.

William Sargant, an eminent English neuropsychiatrist, has pointed out the similarity of the techniques used in brainwashing with the results obtained by Methodist and Fundamentalist revivalism in the past and present, by snake-handling cults in the southern United States, by voodoo ceremonies in Haiti, and by ecstatic religious rituals celebrated all over the world.