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View synonyms for cultus

cultus

1

[ kuhl-tuhs ]

noun

, plural cul·tus·es, cul·ti [kuhl, -tahy].
  1. a cult.


cultus

2

[ kuhl-tuhs ]

noun

, plural cul·tus·es, (especially collectively) cul·tus.

cultus

/ ˈkʌltəs /

noun

  1. RC Church another word for cult
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cultus1

From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; cult

Origin of cultus2

1850–55, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cultus1

C17: from Latin: a toiling over something, refinement, cult
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Example Sentences

The hike has a significant 1,500-foot elevation gain, but you can tack on a few extra miles by continuing on the PCT at either Deer Lake or Cultus Creek Trail 108 to make a loop.

Furthermore, with the death of Albert Pike the cultus of Lucifer is said to have undergone a significant transfiguration.

Finally, no religious cultus of any kind is performed at its meetings, and no woman has ever passed its threshold.

In the religious cultus an earlier degree of culture comes to light a remnant of former times.

It does not help us much to fall back on the Latin word, Cultus, for we understand that the meaning is the same.

As M. Comte's religion has a cultus, so also it has a clergy, who are the pivot of his entire social and political system.

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