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Definition of Religious cult
1. Noun. A system of religious beliefs and rituals. "Devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
Generic synonyms: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief
Specialized synonyms: Cargo Cult, Macumba, Obeah, Obi, Rastafarianism, Hoodooism, Vodoun, Voodoo, Voodooism
Derivative terms: Cultist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Religious Cult
Literary usage of Religious cult
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Religion: A Critical and Speculative Treatise of Man's by George Trumbull Ladd (1905)
"The two principal forms of religious cult, which are universal with the race and
which grow directly out of the essential nature of the inner religious life ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... contains important data on the religious cult and cérémonie», and acquaints
us with the numerous heresies that threatened to disrupt the Church in the ..."
3. The Athenian Family: A Sociological and Legal Study, Based Chiefly on the by Charles Albert Savage (1907)
"THE ATTITUDE OF THE STATE TOWARD THE FAMILY AND THE religious cult. In the
preceding chapter I have endeavored briefly to set forth the strong religious ..."
4. Antisemitism: Its History and Causes by Bernard Lazare (1903)
"The Political and religious cult.—Jehovah and the Law.—Civil and Religious
Regulations.—Jewish Colonies.—The Talmud.—The Chosen People Doctrine. ..."
5. Antisemitism, Its History and Causes by Bernard Lazare (1903)
"The Political and religious cult.—Jehovah and the Law.—Civil and Religious
Regulations.—Jewish Colonies.—The Talmud.—The Chosen People Doctrine. ..."
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