cult
11cult — [n1] group sharing belief band, body, church, clan, clique, creed, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, persuasion, religion, school, sect; concepts 369,387 cult [n2] worship; form of ceremony admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus …
12cult — [kult] n. [< L cultus, care, cultivation, orig. pp. of colere, to till: see WHEEL] 1. a) a system of religious worship or ritual b) a quasi religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with… …
13cult|ic — «KUHL tihk», adjective. of or having to do with a cult or cults: »the numerous cultic sayings and ritualistic practices by which the believers in Naturism can be distinguished (Time) …
14cult — sect, denomination, *religion, communion, faith, creed, persuasion, church …
15cult — ► NOUN 1) a system of religious worship directed towards a particular figure or object. 2) a small religious group regarded as strange or as imposing excessive control over members. 3) something popular or fashionable among a particular section… …
16Cult — This article gives a general cultural account of cult . For its usage in the original sense of veneration or religious practice , see Cult (religious practice). For its use in a scientific, sociological context see New religious movement. For… …
17CULT — The Israelite cult was a system of ritual acts by which the Israelites, individually and collectively, actualized their particular relationship to the God of Israel. In the pre Exilic period (before 587–586 B.C.E.) this activity took the form of… …
18cult — CULT1, culte, s.n. 1. Omagiu care se aduce divinităţii prin acte religioase; manifestare a sentimentului religios prin rugăciuni şi prin acte rituale; totalitatea ritualurilor unei religii. 2. Sentiment exagerat de admiraţie, de respect, de… …
19cult — 01. Their son joined some weird religious [cult] after being approached by a couple of people in an airport. 02. Some people fear that [cults] try to recruit large numbers of young people into their religious groups by using deceptive techniques …
20cult — [[t]kʌ̱lt[/t]] cults 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n A cult is fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult... The cult of Isis was carried from Egypt into… …
