Cultus

//ˈkʌl.təs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a system of religious beliefs and rituals wordnet

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adorationcelebrationcultcultcultismdevotion

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"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.

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