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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cultus, religious cult |
| Type of | faith, religion, religious belief |
| Has types | vodoun, voodoo, obi, rastafarianism, hoodooism, cargo cult, macumba, voodooism, obeah |
| Derivation | cultist |
devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin.
cult::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | faith, religious belief, religion |
| Derivation | cultist |
it was a satanic cult.
cult::noun | Spocien Dictionary
followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | organized religion, faith, religion |
| Has types | cargo cult |
| Derivation | cultist |
Examples of cult
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This flick has become a cult classic and highly revered for its animation style.
From the kansas.com
What are we reading, exactly, my brothers and sisters in the Sheen Twitter cult?
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The grotesque nature of the murders led to a theory about satanic cult activity.
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Paraschiv is a cult hero who, at 33, is enjoying an Indian summer to his career.
From the dailymail.co.uk
He then moved to England and achieved cult status with his novel Riddley Walker.
From the guardian.co.uk
The MINI seems to be a cult car with MINI rallys and events for all MINI owners.
From the washingtonpost.com
Soon, even S has a cult following for her folksy, albeit thinly reported, obits.
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A practical cult hero, if the 850's too old look for T5 badging on newer Volvos.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Could his candidacy be just a cult of personality enhanced by smoke and mirrors?
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- Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- Fad: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
- Followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- (cultism) devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
- (cultism) idolatry: religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
- The word cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered strange. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the 1980s, and is considered subjective. ...
- The Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) is a committee of the European Parliament.
- Cult is Apocalyptica's third album, released in 2000 with a special-edition released in 2001 containing an extra disc. This album also saw a small trend starting in their single releases, as both "Hope" and "Path" have second versions called "Path Vol. 2" and "Hope Vol. ...
- A number of fictional cults appear in the Cthulhu Mythos. Many of these cults serve the Outer God Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, a protean deity that appears in a myriad of guises. ...
