Cultus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cultus
       n : a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the
           cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: {cult}, {religious
           cult}]
       [also: {culti} (pl)]