peyotistn.
/peɪˈəʊtɪst/, U.S. /peɪˈoʊˌtəst/, /peɪˈoʊdəst/ A person who practises peyotism.
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1934 V. Petrullo Diabolic Root ii. 126 The original Peyote people claim that one cannot be a Christian and a Peyotist at the same time.
1953 A. Huxley Let. 17 Aug. (1969) 683 No craving..even among people who have been peyotists for forty or fifty years.
1995 Amer. Anthropologist 97 772/2 Although the Native American Church claims a membership of 250,000 in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, most Indians in the United States and Canada are not Peyotists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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