cultus

English

Etymology

From Latin cultus (“cultivation, culture”). See cult.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl.təs/

Noun

cultus (plural cultuses)

1. Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 124:

     Among the rituals which members of their family had inaugurated in other states of Greece, was a peculiar cultus of Hermes (Mercury) at Stymphalus in Arcadia.

See also

• cultus cod (different etymology)

References

• “cultus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.