n. | 1. | Attentive care; homage; worship. |
2. | A system of religious belief and worship. | |
3. | A system of intense religious veneration of a particular person, idea, or object, especially one considered spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies; | |
4. | The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or 3). | |
5. | A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea or thing without religious associations, or the people holding such an interest; |
Noun | 1. | cult - adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices |
2. | cult - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" | |
3. | cult - a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" Synonyms: cultus, religious cult |