cultic
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˈkʌltɪk/
- Formal
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cultual
- Further research is needed before the iconographic, cultic, and artistic affiliations among this group of monuments can be clarified.
- cultic workers
- cultic veneration
- cultic practices
The goal posts are constantly moved in a cultic system.
- The goal posts are constantly moved in a cultic system.
- Menace is what keeps people in coercively controlled and physically aggressive relationships as well as cultic systems in place.
- Again, do we want to subscribe to this cultic religion of anti DEI, which has totally devolved into groupthink?
- And in fact, this dark love balm structure is often the structure of many cultic systems.
Examples
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The early document known as 4QMMT details the legal and cultic issues on which we differ from those in control of the Jerusalem Temple.
Academic text (1994) -
Harnack did so by juxtaposing two forms of organizations, one charismatic and one administrative and cultic.
Academic text (1992) -
You rise above all cultic claims to answer to our many names, a God as yet unknown.
Academic text (2014) -
And in fact, this dark love balm structure is often the structure of many cultic systems.
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From my studies, this is classic cultic praxis in teaching.
Blog text (10) -
Each cultic worker advertised that they were affiliated with a religious institution.
Academic text (2007) -
Prior to Constantine's conversion, Christians had had few public ritual or cultic sites.
Academic text (2007) -
Cultic workers were usually affiliated with a religious group and practiced in public and private arenas.
Academic text (2007) -
Where denominational affiliation could be determined, the majority of cultic workers were associated with Spiritualist churches.
Academic text (2007) -
Anthropologists study ancient artifacts that had a cultic role in rituals.
Synonyms
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7.2
Done in the same fixed way for a ceremony or tradition
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8.5
Showing strong, blind loyalty to a small, controlling group with strict rules
How Cultic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cultic comes from cult, which goes back to the Latin cultus meaning 'care' or 'worship', and it shares the same root as culture and cultivate. So, cultic describes things connected to a group's special rituals or religious practices.