Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

cult

cult \'k*lt\ \'k*l-tik\ \'k*l-.tiz-*m\ \'k*l-t*st\ n [F & L; F culte, fr. L 
   cultus care, adoration, fr. cultus, pp]. of colere to cultivate - more at 
   WHEEL 1: formal religious veneration : WORSHIP  2: a system of religious 
   beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adh erents 3: a system for the cure 
   of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulg ator 4: great and esp. 
   faddish devotion; also : its object or adherents  - cul.tic aj