cult definition from
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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.
Origin:
161020; < L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action
161020; < L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action

Related forms:
cultic, cul..tu..al
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cultish, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2010
Based on the Random House Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2010