cultus
1 Americannoun
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cultuses,
plural
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culti
plural
noun
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cultuses,
plural
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cultus
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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)
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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
We see evidences of this growth of the cultus of the Blessed Virgin in the erection and elaborate ornamentation of Lady Chapels throughout Christendom.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Throughout the whole of the next day Delia was very miserable and depressed; only now did she realise what an obsession this secret cultus had become.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
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 John Henry Cardinal Newman
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