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Definitions for Cultic

[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] of or relating to a religious cult
[12] a specific system of religious worship, esp with reference to its rites and deity
[13] a sect devoted to such a system
[14] a quasi-religious organization using devious psychological techniques to gain and control adherents
[15] sociol a group having an exclusive ideology and ritual practices centred on sacred symbols, esp one characterized by lack of organizational structure
[16] intense interest in and devotion to a person, idea, or activity the cult of yoga
[17] the person, idea, etc, arousing such devotion
[18] something regarded as fashionable or significant by a particular group (as modifier ) a cult show
[19] (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a cult or cults a cult figure

Words nearby Cultic

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

Origin of Cultic

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 Cultic

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

Word origin for Cultic

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