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cultus
1[ kuhl-tuhs ]
cultus
2[ kuhl-tuhs ]
noun
, plural cul·tus·es, (especially collectively) cul·tus.
cultus
/ ˈkʌltəs /
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Word History and Origins
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
Furthermore, with the death of Albert Pike the cultus of Lucifer is said to have undergone a significant transfiguration.
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Finally, no religious cultus of any kind is performed at its meetings, and no woman has ever passed its threshold.
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In the religious cultus an earlier degree of culture comes to light a remnant of former times.
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It does not help us much to fall back on the Latin word, Cultus, for we understand that the meaning is the same.
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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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