cultus
1 Americannoun
plural
cultuses, cultinoun
plural
cultuses,plural
cultusnoun
Etymology
Origin of cultus1
From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; see origin at 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
Iconol′ater, an image-worshipper; Iconol′atry, the worship of images; Iconol′ogist; Iconom′achist, one opposed to the cultus of icons; Iconom′achy, opposition to the same.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
It so happens that of all the monstrosities of thought which we find in the whole Greek cultus, based upon the failure to conceive personality, the most monstrous are those which originated with Plato.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
A Lassalle cultus was instituted, and Becker says that many a German working man believed that he died for them, and that he was yet to come again to save them.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
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