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Antonyms for cult

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhlt
Phonetic Transcription : kʌlt


Definition of cult

Origin :
  • 1610s, "worship," also "a particular form of worship," from French culte (17c.), from Latin cultus "care, labor; cultivation, culture; worship, reverence," originally "tended, cultivated," past participle of colere "to till" (see colony). Rare after 17c.; revived mid-19c. with reference to ancient or primitive rituals. Meaning "devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829.
  • Cult. An organized group of people, religious or not, with whom you disagree. [Rawson]
  • noun group sharing belief
  • noun worship; form of ceremony
Example sentences :
  • He brought before her mind those widows who make a cult of their dead.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Here in Rome on every side was to be found the Cult of the Beautiful.
  • Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
  • I am impelled by no fanatical zeal, and have no creed or cult of my own to vindicate.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • He had found these fine examples of it and he vowed them indeed a sort of cult.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • Of all Oriental religions the Persian cult was the last to reach the Romans.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
  • In paganism a cult does not die violently, but after long decay.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
  • This is a matter of no small concern to the curators of the Whitman cult.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • A kind of Kilmer cult grew apace; he had his followers and his devotees.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • At all events, it is in the north that the cult of Dagan rises to prominence.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • The cult of Nergal does not figure prominently during this period.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

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