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Definition of Cultish
1. pertaining to a cult [adj] - See also: cult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cultish
Literary usage of Cultish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"Service of God expresses itself in two ways: "Partly in unmediated relation to
God as service of God in the narrower (cultish) sense, partly in mediate ..."
2. Moon-O-Theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Ibn Ishaq provides a cultish example: He ['Urwa] got up from the apostle's ...
This is very cultish. George Braswell wrote: The answer is that the believers ..."
3. Poet Lore (1921)
"Take even That sinister wisp of yellow hair On the beaded shoe Of the nature-cultish
Dakota lady With her suns and her moons And her sacred rocks: Even this ..."
4. The Personality of American Cities by Edward Hungerford (1913)
"We were going to have two million population inside of two years and—" He dives
again into his cultish lunch and after a moment resumes: " The big lady has ..."
5. Religion and Historic Faiths by Otto Pfleiderer (1907)
"This takes place in two-fold fashion: partly in unmediated relation to God as
service of God in the narrower (cultish) sense, partly in mediate relation, ..."
6. Journey to Parnassus by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra (1883)
"And in another place he gives this advice to his comrades :— Meanwhile to shelter
our Pegasos From the bad odour of the cultish jargon, Come, ..."
7. Adventure Guide to Texas by Kimberly Young (1999)
"Over 100 musicians play this outdoor festival that has taken on an almost cultish
following. Music lovers go for weeks at a time, and Austin, ..."
8. Outlines of the History of Dogma by Adolf von Harnack (1893)
"... there was a feeling-around after forms of expression, and yet the wise, the
skeptic, the pious and the patriot capitulated to the cultish traditions. ..."
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