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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cult \Cult\ (k?lt) n .[F. culte, L. cultus care culture, fr colere to cultivate. Cf {Cultus}.] 1. Attentive care homage; worship. Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self and of thecult or homage which is due to it --Shaftesbury. 2. A system of religious belief and worship. That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cult n 1: adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices 2: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal: "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {fad}, {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {rage}] 3: a system of religious beliefs and rituals [syn: {religious cult}]
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