cultus

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/ˈkʌl.təs/

noun

Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.

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cultreligious cult
OriginLatin cultus →
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Meanings

nouncultus (plural cultuses)

plural cultuses

  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.

    1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 124

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna system of religious beliefs and rituals

Similar
cultreligious cult
Broader
religionfaithreligious belief
Also see
cult

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincultus“cultivation, culture”
  2. Englishcultus

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

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APA

cultus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultus

MLA

“cultus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultus.

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