cultus

Noun

Meaning

Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cult devotion veneration adoration religious cult convention rite chic appearance look religion pattern thing tone ceremony
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Antonyms

malice detestation opposition hate hatred contempt
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Hypernyms

religion faith religious belief

Hyponyms

voodoo obi Rastafarianism obeah macumba cargo cult

Derivatives

cultuses Culti

Examples

devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin Source: Internet

A certification ("non cultus") is made that no superstitious or heretical worship or improper cult has grown up around the servant or his or her tomb, and relics are taken. Source: Internet

He was beatified with his cultus confirmed by Pope Clement XII in 1736. Source: Internet

Benedict XIV maintained this decision of his predecessor on the grounds that Clement's life was little known, that he had never obtained public cultus in the Church, and that some of his doctrines were, if not erroneous, at least suspect. Source: Internet

Moreover, the connection of the saint's name with Nicomedia is inconsistent with the early cultus at Diospolis. Source: Internet

“I’d like a little bit of rain to cool things down because some things are really, really stressed,” said Yolanda Versterre who co-owns Shalefield Organic Gardens in the Columbia Valley near Cultus Lake. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

culturome culturomic culturomics cultus cod culty culver