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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CULTUS

Cul "tus (kl "ts ), n. sing. & pl. ; E. pl. Cultuses (-. Etym: [L.,cultivation, culture. See Cult. ]

Defn: Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

CULTUS COD

Cul "tus cod ` (kd `). Etym: [Chinook cultus of little worth. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cultus

cul tus |ˈkəltəs ˈkəldəs | ▶noun technical a system or variety of religious worship. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: Latin (see cult ).

Oxford Dictionary

cultus

cultus |ˈkʌltəs | ▶noun technical a system or variety of religious worship. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: Latin (see cult ).