cult
noun
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
Example Sentences
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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
You could approach them as a connoisseur, a cultist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2019
One of his challengers is Rachel Brown, a Lyndon LaRouche cultist who won brief YouTube fame after she challenged Frank in a Q&A and he asked “what planet” she was from.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2012
Mr. Linderman is working on several books, including a couple on vintage sleaze and one on “a fraudulent faith healer, cultist and preacher from the 1920s.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2012
