CULT


Meaning of CULT in English

n. 1 a system of religious worship esp. as expressed in ritual. 2 a devotion or homage to a person or thing (the cult of aestheticism). b a popular fashion esp. followed by a specific section of society. 3 (attrib.) denoting a person or thing popularized in this way (cult film; cult figure). cultic adj. cultism n. cultist n.

[ F culte or L cultus worship f. colere cult- inhabit, till, worship ]

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