Cultus
/ˈkʌl.təs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
"Among the rituals which members of their family had inaugurated in other states of Greece, was a peculiar cultus of Hermes (Mercury) at Stymphalus in Arcadia."
- 2 a system of religious beliefs and rituals wordnet
Example
More examples"Among the rituals which members of their family had inaugurated in other states of Greece, was a peculiar cultus of Hermes (Mercury) at Stymphalus in Arcadia."
Etymology
From Latin cultus (“cultivation, culture”). See cult.