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CULTUS
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Irregular inflected form: culti
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of religious beliefs and rituals
Example:
devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin
Synonyms:
cult; cultus; religious cult
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cultus" is a kind of...):
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cultus"):
cargo cult (a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes)
macumba (a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing)
obeah; obi (a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas)
Rastafarianism (a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land)
hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)
