Cult
[kʌlt]
Definition
(noun.) a system of religious beliefs and rituals; 'devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin'.
(noun.) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false; 'it was a satanic cult'.
(noun.) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
(noun.) followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
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Definition
(n .) Attentive care; homage; worship.
(n .) A system of religious belief and worship.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Homage, worship.
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Definition
n. a system of religious belief worship.—Also Cult′us.
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Examples
- One suspects at times that our national cult of optimism is no real feeling that the world is good, but a fear that pessimism will produce panics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the devotional literature of his cult he is spoken of as the saviour and leader of souls, leading souls to the light and receiving them again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The weakened virus increased in strength when cult ivated in a series of rabbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He realised that there were great mysteries to be unsealed, sensual, mindless, dreadful mysteries, far beyond the phallic cult. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was reorganized as a distinctive cult by Chang Daoling in the days of the Han dynasty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Writing and reading had been simplified down to a point when it was no longer possible to make a cult and mystery of them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The cult ure of the democratic man is above all characterized by adapt ability. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Do you wish me with my black, short hair to pose as a yellow-haired priest of this infernal cult? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- No doubt there were great differences between temple and temple and cult and cult in the spirit and quality of the priesthood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A cult of him as of something mystically heroic grew up after his death. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in the dissensions of the various cults comes the opportunity of the palace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would be interesting to trace out the forms it has taken, the abortive cults it has tried and abandoned. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Opposition may dissolve, antagonistic cults flatten out to a common culture, almost imperceptibly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Religious cults and priesthoods are sectarian by nature; they will convert, they will overcome, but they will never coalesce. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No doubt he realized the weakness and disunion of his empire due to these conflicting cults, and had some conception of unification in his mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ancient mysteries of Demeter and Orpheus, the mysteries of the Mediterranean race, revived and made a sort of _theocrasia_ with these new cults. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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