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noun
1.
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
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an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
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the object of such devotion.
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a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5.
EXPANDSociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
adjective
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of or pertaining to a cult.
10.
of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
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Word Origin & History
cult
1617, "worship," also "a particular form of worship," from Fr. culte, from L. cultus "care, cultivation, worship," originally "tended, cultivated," pp. of colere "to till" (see colony). Rare after 17c.; revived mid-19c. with reference to ancient or primitive rituals. Meaning
EXPAND"devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829.
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Cultural Dictionary
cult definition
In anthropology, an organization for the conduct of ritual, magical, or other religious observances. Many so-called primitive tribes, for example, have ancestor cults, in which dead ancestors are considered divine and activities are organized to respect their memory and invoke their aid. A cult is also a religious group held together by a dominant, often charismatic individual, or by the worship of a divinity, an idol, or some other object. (See animism, fetish, and totemism.)
Note: The term cult often suggests extreme beliefs and bizarre behavior.
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