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Cult

Cult Meaning & Definition
Cult Definition And Meaning

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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