different between cult vs guild

English

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

cult (plural cults)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
2. Devotion to a saint.

3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.

4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
5. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

cult (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a cult.
2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

   a cult horror movie

3. Alternative form of kvlt.

Usage notes

The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.

Translations

See also

• new religious movement
• sect

Anagrams

• CLUT, L cut

Friulian

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

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Ladin

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

1. cult, religion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kylt/

Noun

cult m

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cult. Doublet of culto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kuwt??/

Adjective

cult (invariable, comparable)

1. cult (enjoyed by a small, loyal group)

Romanian

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kult/

Noun

cult n (plural culte)

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Declension

Derived terms

• cultic

English

Alternative forms

• gild

Etymology

From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gild, gilled

Noun

guild (plural guilds)

1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Synonyms

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

Translations

See also

• (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall

References

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
• Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003