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cul·tus1

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–noun, plural -tus·es, -ti

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a cult.

[Origin: 1630–40; < L; see cult

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cul·tus2

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–noun, plural -tus·es, (especially collectively

) -tus.

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Also called cultus cod.

[Origin: 1850–55, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perh. itself < Chinook Jargon)

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n. pl. cul·tus·es or cul·ti (-tī)
A cult, especially a religious one.

[Latin, veneration; see cult.]

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cultus
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a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cult]

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Cultus

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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Cultus

Cul"tus\ (k?l"t?s), n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. Cultuses (-?z). [L., cultivation, culture. See Cult.] Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

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