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cult
[kuhlt]
–noun
| 1. | a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. |
| 2. | an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult. |
| 3. | the object of such devotion. |
| 4. | a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. |
| 5. | Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols. |
| 6. | a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. |
| 7. | the members of such a religion or sect. |
| 8. | any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific. |
–adjective
| 9. | of or pertaining to a cult. |
| 10. | of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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