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RELIGIOUS CULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does religious cult mean? 

RELIGIOUS CULT (noun)
  The noun RELIGIOUS CULT has 1 sense:

1. a system of religious beliefs and ritualsplay

  Familiarity information: RELIGIOUS CULT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RELIGIOUS CULT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of religious beliefs and rituals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

cult; cultus; religious cult

Context example:

devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin

Hypernyms ("religious cult" is a kind of...):

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "religious cult"):

cargo cult (a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes)

macumba (a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing)

obeah; obi (a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas)

Rastafarianism (a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land)

hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)


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