Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cult, especially a religious one.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worthless.
- noun A system of religious belief and worship: same as
cult , 2. - noun The moral or esthetic state or condition of a particular time or place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Northwestern U. S. Bad, worthless; no good.
- noun Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf.
cult , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Established or accepted
religious rites orcustoms ofworship ; state of religious development.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
Etymologies
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Examples
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And of that opinion, the external signs appearing in the words and actions of men are called worship; which is one part of that which the Latins understand by the word cultus: for cultus signifieth properly, and constantly, that labour which a man bestows on anything with a purpose to make benefit by it.
Leviathan 2007
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And of that opinion, the external signs appearing in the words and actions of men are called worship; which is one part of that which the Latins understand by the word cultus: for cultus signifieth properly, and constantly, that labour which a man bestows on anything with a purpose to make benefit by it.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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But the inward thoughts of men, which appear outwardly in their words and actions, are the signs of our honouring, and these go by the name of worship; in Latin, cultus.
Leviathan 2007
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She was never formally canonized but her cultus was approved by Pope Leo XIII.
04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003 John 2003
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Apparently through all traditional time their cultus has been the rudest and most primitive form of nature-worship, the attaching of
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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The cultus is the heathen element in the Israelite religion -- the word heathen not being understood, of course, in an ignoble or unworthy sense.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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To be merry, to eat and drink before Jehovah, is a usual form of speech down to the period of Deuteronomy; even Ezekiel calls the cultus on the high places an eating upon the mountains
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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The head of the cultus is the head of the whole; the high priest takes the place of the king.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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His cultus was the bond between Him and the nation; when therefore it was desired to draw the bond still closer, the solemn services of religion were redoubled.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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But the inward thoughts of men, which appear outwardly in their words and actions, are the signs of our honouring, and these go by the name of worship; in Latin, cultus.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
slumry commented on the word cultus
In the Chinook Jargon, cultus means bad or worthless. "Oh, he is a cultus sort of fellow. I would steer clear of him if I were you."
June 15, 2007