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Definitions for Cult

[1] a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
[2] an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
[3] the object of such devotion.
[4] a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
[5] Sociology . a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
[6] a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
[7] the members of such a religion or sect.
[8] any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
[9] of or relating to a cult.
[10] of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
[11] a specific system of religious worship, esp with reference to its rites and deity
[12] a sect devoted to such a system
[13] a quasi-religious organization using devious psychological techniques to gain and control adherents
[14] sociol a group having an exclusive ideology and ritual practices centred on sacred symbols, esp one characterized by lack of organizational structure
[15] intense interest in and devotion to a person, idea, or activity the cult of yoga
[16] the person, idea, etc, arousing such devotion
[17] something regarded as fashionable or significant by a particular group (as modifier ) a cult show
[18] (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a cult or cults a cult figure

Words related to Cult

clan, faith, band, church, denomination, religion, sect, clique, ritual, body, school, faction, creed, following, party, persuasion, ceremony, admiration, veneration, idolization

Words nearby Cult

culpability, culpable, culpable homicide, culpeper, culprit, cult, cult of personality, cultch, cultellus, cultic, cultigen

Origin of Cult

1610–20; < Latin cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equivalent to cul-, variant stem of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action

Other words from Cult

cul·tic , cul·tu·al [kuhl -choo-uh  l] /ˈkʌl tʃu əl/ , adjective
cult·ish , adjective
an·ti·cult , noun, adjective

Word origin for Cult

C17: from Latin cultus cultivation, refinement, from colere to till

Synonyms for Cult

band, church, clan, clique, denomination, faith, religion, sect, body, creed, faction, following, party, persuasion, school