The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cultus \Cul"tus\ (k?l"t?s), n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. Cultuses (-?z). [L., cultivation, culture. See Cult.] Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.
Cultus \Cul"tus\, a. [See Cultus cod.] Bad, worthless; no good. [Northwestern U. S.]
``A bad horse, cultus [no good] !'' he said, beating it
with his whip.
--F. H. Balch.
Wiktionary
n. Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
WordNet
n. a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cult, religious cult]
[also: culti (pl)]
Wikipedia
Cultus may refer to:
- Cult (religious practice)
- Cultus Bay, a bay in Washington
- Cultus Lake (disambiguation)
- Cultus River, a river in Oregon
- Suzuki Cultus, model of an automobile
Usage examples of "cultus".
Spiritualism, with its very real and awful mysteries, is, to him, a vulgar thing because it brought consolation to common folk, but he loves to read papers on the Palladian Cultus, ancient and accepted Scottish rites, and Baphometic figures.
Did you know that 'cult' is from the Latin cultus, from the verb colere, meaning to inhabit or care for a place?
Luxerat illa dies, legis gens docta supernae Spes hominum ac curas cum procul esse jubet, Ponti inter strepitus sacri non munera cultus Cessarunt.
Thou- sands of years ago humans began to gather seeds from wild Cannabis and grow them in fields alongside the first culti- vated food crops.
This has come about mainly from the large number of culti- vators who have casual knowledge of plant anatomy but an intense interest in the reproduction of Can- nabis.