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cul·tus1    Audio Help   [kuhl-tuhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tus·es, -ti    Audio Help   [-tahy] Pronunciation Key.
a cult.
[Origin: 1630–40; < L; see cult]
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cul·tus2    Audio Help   [kuhl-tuhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tus·es, (especially collectively) -tus.
lingcod.
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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cul·tus    Audio Help   (kŭl'təs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cul·tus·es or cul·ti (-tī)
A cult, especially a religious one.


[Latin, veneration; see cult.]

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