Cult Definition

kŭlt
cults
noun
cults
A quasi-religious group, often living in a colony and typically with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with beliefs regarded as unorthodox or extremist.
Webster's New World
A system of religious worship or ritual.
Webster's New World
A group of followers; sect.
Webster's New World
The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
American Heritage
Devoted attachment to, or extravagant admiration for, a person, principle, or lifestyle, esp. when regarded as a fad.
The cult of nudism.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of, or relating to a cult.
Wiktionary

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

A cult horror movie.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cult

Noun

Singular:
cult
Plural:
cults

Origin of Cult

  • Latin cultus worship from past participle of colere to cultivate kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).

    From Wiktionary

Cult Sentence Examples

  • There's an active cult in the area.

  • Much prominence is also given to the cult of saints and martyrs.

  • A universal outburst of veneration followed; indeed his cult had already begun, and after ' With the title of Nicopolis in partibus.

  • The cult of the Baal of Tyre followed Jezebel to the royal city Samaria and even found its way into Jerusalem.

  • The cult of St Lawrence has spread throughout Christendom, and there are numerous churches dedicated to him, especially in England, where 228 have been counted.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUL

Words Ending With

TLTULT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CU & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With LT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With C4 Letter Words Ending With T