cult

cult
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel Date: 1617 1. formal religious veneration ; worship 2. a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also its body of adherents 3. a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also its body of adherents 4. a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator <
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5. a. great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b. the object of such devotion c. a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion • cultic adjectivecultish adjectivecultishly adverbcultishness nouncultism nouncultist nouncultlike adjective

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  • cult — cult; cult·ish; cult·ism; cult·ist; dif·fi·cult·ly; dif·fi·cult·ness; in·cult; oc·cult·er; oc·cult·ism; oc·cult·ist; oc·cult·ness; pro·let·cult; mass·cult; mid·cult; dif·fi·cult; oc·cult; oc·cult·ly; …   English syllables

  • cult — 1. In the meaning ‘a particular form or system of religious worship’, especially with reference to ritual and ceremony, cult dates from the 17c. In the 19c, archaeologists applied the term to primitive practices which they did not think worthy of …   Modern English usage

  • CULT — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cult peut faire référence à : Culte, en anglais, Cult, une commune française de la Haute Saône, Cult, un album du groupe Apolyptica, une… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cult — (k[u^]lt) n. [F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr. colere to cultivate. Cf. {Cultus}.] 1. Attentive care; homage; worship. [1913 Webster] Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cult — Студийный альбом Apocalyptica …   Википедия

  • cult — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} oggetto o prodotto intellettuale che gode di uno speciale riconoscimento, spec. in campo artistico o culturale: il film è già un cult per le nuove generazioni; anche agg.inv.: un libro cult, un automobile cult… …   Dizionario italiano

  • Cult — bezeichnet: Cult (Album), ein Studioalbum der Band Apocalyptica Cult (Haute Saône), eine Gemeinde in Frankreich CULT bezeichnet: Ausschuss für Kultur und Bildung, ein Ausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments Siehe auch: The Cult, eine englische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cult — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cult puede referirse a: Cult, comuna francesa de Alto Saona. Cult, álbum de Apocalyptica. Obtenido de Cult Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación …   Wikipedia Español

  • cult — /kult, kalt, ingl. kʌlt/ [vc. ingl., propr. «culto»] A s. m. inv. 1. accorc. di cult book 2. accorc. di cult movie B agg. inv. di culto …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • cult — (n.) 1610s, worship, also a particular form of worship, from Fr. culte (17c.), from L. cultus care, labor; cultivation, culture; worship, reverence, originally tended, cultivated, pp. of colere to till (see COLONY (Cf. colony)). Rare after 17c.;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • cult — [n1] group sharing belief band, body, church, clan, clique, creed, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, persuasion, religion, school, sect; concepts 369,387 cult [n2] worship; form of ceremony admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus …   New thesaurus

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