cultus
Example Sentences
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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
The attributes of this Supreme Being, through the fostering care of a special cultus, soon developed the rank of deities, each having a strongly marked identity.
From The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru by Spence, Lewis
With other people, eating is a pleasure, with the Magyar it is a veritable cultus.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
"Perhaps—perhaps it's all because this is the end instead of the beginning of a cultus corrie."
From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis
