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29 lis 2023 · The word was rare after 17c., but it was revived mid-19c. (sometimes in French form culte) with reference to ancient or primitive systems of religious belief and worship, especially the rites and ceremonies employed in such worship. Extended meaning "devoted attention to a particular person or thing" is from 1829.
Cults, especially nonreligious ones, have also been called high-control groups, and compared to miniature totalitarian political systems. Definition and usage. In the English-speaking world, the term cult often carries derogatory connotations.
14 cze 2024 · Etymology. [ edit] From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”) .
8 sty 2019 · Etymology of the word ‘cult’. Etymology of the word ‘religion’. The term ‘cult’ first originated from the Latin word cultus meaning “care, cultivation, worship”. The word ‘culture’ has the same...
cult is a noun formed from the past tense (in latin) cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō, to cultivate, till. culture is from the same verb with a different nominal suffix (<cultūra)
Cult, which shares an origin with culture and cultivate, comes from the Latin cultus, a noun with meanings ranging from "tilling, cultivation" to "training or education" to "adoration." In English, cult has evolved a number of meanings following a fairly logical path.
Etymology. Cicero defined religio as cultus deorum, "the cultivation of the gods". The "cultivation" necessary to maintain a specific deity was that god's cultus, "cult", and required "the knowledge of giving the gods their due" (scientia colendorum deorum).
