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cultist

  • a word derived from cult.
    cult
    noun
    a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
  • a word derived from cultism.
    cultism
    noun
    the practices and devotions of a cult.

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Windham Rotunda, who freaked out the WWE for years as a swamp-dwelling cultist named Bray Wyatt, passed away at the age of 36.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tony Kabaka, a self-confessed "cultist" and member of the NBM, spent years working for the government in Benin, up until 2019.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2021

A couple of albums later, he made a musical plea to a young cultist of the kind that was all over the news of the day: “Come back to us, Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard.”

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2020

You could approach them as a connoisseur, a cultist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2019

The Warner Archive site has a couple of Christmas movies for the cinema cultist.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2016