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cult

noun as in group sharing belief

noun as in worship; form of ceremony

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A 2019 New York magazine story outlined Gabbard’s longtime family connections to a Hinduism-derived group called Science of Identity, which one source described as a cult and others said is run by an individual who is attempting to use Gabbard to secure influence with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

From Slate

A new recording has emerged of notorious cult leader Charles Manson appearing to admit to additional killings.

From BBC

The cult leader directed the killings in the hope they would start a race war.

From BBC

After spending more than 40 years in the music industry as an artist manager, Wendy Dio -- who had a bit part in the 1975 cult film “Death Race 2000” -- started the fund not long after her husband of more than three decades died from stomach cancer on May 16, 2010, at the age of 67.

In an audio recording featured in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries “Making Manson,” the deadly cult leader claims that he lived in Mexico in the 1960s and “got involved in a couple of killings.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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