About The Word Cult
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What's The Definition Of Cult?
[n] an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[n] a system of religious beliefs and rituals [n] adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices Synonyms | Synonyms for Cult: craze | fad | furor | furore | rage | religious cult Related Terms | Find terms related to Cult: adoration | articles of religion | catechism | celebration | ceremonialism | church | communion | connection | co-worship | credenda | credo | creed | cultism | cultus | denomination | devotion | doctrinal statement | dulia | faith | formalism | formulated belief | gospel | homage | hyperdulia | ideology | idolatry | ism | latria | liturgics | liturgiology | liturgism | mystique | persuasion | political faith | political philosophy | prostration | religion | reverence | ritualism | rituality | ritualization | Sabbatarianism | sabbatism | sacramentalism | sacramentarianism | school | sect | solemn observance | solemnization | symbolics | symbolism | system of belief | transcendent wonder | veneration | Weltanschauung | world view | worship | worshiping See Also | cultist | faith | faith | fashion | hoodooism | macumba | obeah | obi | Rastafarianism | religion | religion | religious belief | vodoun | voodoo | voodooism Cult In Webster's Dictionary \Cult\ (k?lt) n .[F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr.
colere to cultivate. Cf. {Cultus}.]
1. Attentive care; homage; worship.
Every one is convinced of the reality of a better
self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it.
--Shaftesbury.
2. A system of religious belief and worship.
That which was the religion of Moses is the
ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ.
--Coleridge.
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