cultus
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- noun
- /ˈkʌltəs/
- Formal
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culto
- Rituals and ceremonies are central to the cultus practiced by many ancient civilizations.
Examples
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This religious truth, embodied in a cultus, in a sensuous form, is the Lord's Supper.
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They had an enduring and well-founded cultus.
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Instead, I mean cultus, community.
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And the Latin term is cultus, and that just means to worship.
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Reflections from Sunday: Jesus Critiques the Church Cultus?
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Would a great deal really have been lost by letting the euphoria following his death settle down for a few decades and for his cultus to have bedded down more firmly in the Church outside of Opus Dei and Spain before his canonization?
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To this, it is replied that they do certainly profess them, but that they obscure and virtually annul them by their additions; that the cultus of St. Mary and the Saints is no development of the truth, but a corruption and a religious mischief to those doctrines of which it is the corruption, because it draws away the mind and heart from Christ.
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The core tenets of the Moss Mayoram were fides, pietas, religio, cultus, discapina, wuertas, Dignitas and octoritas.
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The church emphasizes the importance of a communal cultus in its weekly services.
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Each cultus involves unique rites that reflect the beliefs and traditions of its followers.
Synonyms
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The act of showing love and respect to a god in religious services
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A small group that follows one leader or teaching and has strict, unusual beliefs and practices
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cultus comes from the Latin verb colere, meaning 'to care for' or 'to cultivate', and it is the same root as the English words culture and cultivate. So a cultus is the set of rituals and objects used to 'care for' or 'honor' a god or saint, which is why the word means a system of religious worship and ceremony.