Etymology

cultus

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Today it means: Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development. Full definition →

Latin cultus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcultus“cultivation, culture”
  2. English todaycultus

From Latin cultus (“cultivation, culture”). See cult.

Words from the same roots

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