cultus
1 Americannoun
plural
cultuses, cultinoun
plural
cultuses,plural
cultusnoun
Etymology
Origin of cultus1
From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; cult
Origin of cultus1
1850–55, < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
Example Sentences
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When someone is proclaimed a saint by the pope — which can happen only after death — public devotion to the saint, called a “cultus,” is authorized for Catholics throughout the world.
From Salon
The worship of Serapis was patronized by the court with the very object of affording a mixed cultus in which Greek and native might unite.
From Project Gutenberg
I suppose he had secured his outfit as a ‘cultus potlatch’ from persons he had met.
From Project Gutenberg
M. Lajard has given an account of this cultus, which so generally supplanted the mystic worship of the West.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
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