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3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cult
n 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}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
cult
[kĘŚlt]
culte
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