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Cult - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cult : (noun)
1: adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and
practices
2: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that
season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, rage]
3: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the
cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cultus, religious
cult]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cult : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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