cultus
1 Americannoun
plural
cultuses, cultinoun
plural
cultuses,plural
cultusnoun
Etymology
Origin of cultus1
From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; cult
Origin of cultus2
1850–55, < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
Example Sentences
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It opened in 1934 near the Ballard Locks, featuring Alaska stickleback, pipe fish, yellow-banded perch, blennies and cultus cod, according to HistoryLink.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
As Scientologists do battle with the government in Germany, they could point out that religion apparently comes from the Latin religare, or "to bind"; cult comes from the Latin cultus, meaning "worship."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Arian controversy had led to another development, which confirmed by anticipation the cultus to which St. Augustine's doctrine pointed.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
M. Lajard has given an account of this cultus, which so generally supplanted the mystic worship of the West.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
The practical application of the principles of this cultus is discussed in a long series of cynical speeches, which are in close agreement with the hypotheses of Gougenot des Mousseaux and similar writers.
From The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion by Wolf, Lucien
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