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cult (iou)



cult noun & adjective. E17.
[French culte or its source Latin cultus worship, from colere inhabit, cultivate, protect, honour with worship.]
A. noun.
Worship; reverential homage rendered to a divine being. Only in 17.
Evelyn God, abolishing the cult of Gentile idols.
A system of religious worship, esp. as expressed in ceremonies, ritual, etc. L17.
K. Clark The cult of the Virgin. G. Vidal Like a priest of a pagan cult he began to perform the ritual of arranging plates.
Devotion or homage paid to a person or thing; esp. a fashionable enthusiasm; derog. a transient fad of an in-group. E18.
M. Girouard The cult of aestheticism was brought to England..by Swinburne and Walter Pater.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That is the object of a cult; involving or involved in a cult; cultic. E20.
Punch There has been a small cult-following for West. Listener One of the stars..has become an unlikely cult hero.