cultic

Adjective

Meaning

ritual, relating to cult (religious ritual)

cultish, cultlike, relating to (the methods of) cults (type of sect)

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Examples

The priestly guilds were highly mobile, with the result that cultic practices crossed ethnic lines over wide areas. Cyrus H. Gordon

And all the cultic programming through Fox News and others works hand-in-hand with the natural contagion of symptoms that comes with having a president who has gone untreated — delusions, for example, are far more infectious than simple misinformation. Source: Internet

A cultic area was established sometime during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1550 BCE) that contained a number of (standing stones) and offering tables; a large stone basin was also identified in Area A4. Source: Internet

Bethel and Dan were already established cultic sites. Source: Internet

As yet, there is insufficient evidence to substantiate claims that the image had religious or cultic significance, but the prevalence of the image raises the question of whether or not the animals in images of the IVC are religious symbols. Source: Internet

David Ownby similarly wrote that "the entire issue of the supposed cultic nature of Falun Gong was a red herring from the beginning, cleverly exploited by the Chinese state to blunt the appeal of Falun Gong." Source: Internet

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