Cultus

Word CULTUS
Character 6
Hyphenation cul tus
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Definitions and meanings of "Cultus"

What do we mean by cultus?

A cult, especially a religious one. noun

A system of religious belief and worship: same as cult, 2. noun

The moral or esthetic state or condition of a particular time or place. noun

Worthless.

Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. cult, 2. noun

Bad, worthless; no good. adjective

Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development. noun

A system of religious beliefs and rituals noun

Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.

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The word "cultus" in example sentences

And of that opinion, the external signs appearing in the words and actions of men are called worship; which is one part of that which the Latins understand by the word cultus: for cultus signifieth properly, and constantly, that labour which a man bestows on anything with a purpose to make benefit by it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the inward thoughts of men, which appear outwardly in their words and actions, are the signs of our honouring, and these go by the name of worship; in Latin, cultus. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She was never formally canonized but her cultus was approved by Pope Leo XIII. ❋ John (2003)

Apparently through all traditional time their cultus has been the rudest and most primitive form of nature-worship, the attaching of ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

The cultus is the heathen element in the Israelite religion -- the word heathen not being understood, of course, in an ignoble or unworthy sense. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

To be merry, to eat and drink before Jehovah, is a usual form of speech down to the period of Deuteronomy; even Ezekiel calls the cultus on the high places an eating upon the mountains ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

The head of the cultus is the head of the whole; the high priest takes the place of the king. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

His cultus was the bond between Him and the nation; when therefore it was desired to draw the bond still closer, the solemn services of religion were redoubled. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

Despite the increasing favour of the the "cultus" of images among their people, the Frankish bishops continued their opposition to the Second Nicene Council; the latter, however, eventually gained recognition especially after a new and somewhat more accurate version of its acts and decrees was made by ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

He reminded the king that twelve of his bishops had taken part in a Roman Synod (previous to the Second Nicene Council) and had approved the "cultus" of images; he refuted a number of the arguments and objections brought forward, and asserted the identity of his teaching with that of the highly-respected Pope Gregory the Great concerning images. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

First Principle of all, a special kind of "cultus" [41] or ❋ Aquinas Thomas (1907)

It is in this sense that Jove's jealous, ever-quarrelsome, spouse represents the political sacerdotal 'cultus', the church, in short, of republican paganism; -- a church by law established for the mere purposes of the particular state, unennobled by the consciousness of instrumentality to higher purposes; -- at once unenlightened and unchecked by revelation. ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

The problem with the collapse of our Western culture, is that you can't maintain a culture without a "cultus", that is the religion that animates the culture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He gives a strong plea that in our conversations of “culture” we turn our attention to the ultimate book of “cultus” – Scripture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The argument over iconoclasm versus the veneration of icons was about the cultus of icons not just the rationale of icon painting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the response of those who defended the cultus of icons was to draw on some of the theories elaborated, particularly in the work of the great theologian of the 7th century, Maximus the Confessor, Maximus of Scythopolis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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