cult

/kʌlt/ · noun

Meaning

A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
Devotion to a saint.
The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
Of or relating to a cult.
Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
True to the ideology of black metal or a stereotypical manifestation of that subculture.

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