different between denomination vs cult

English

Etymology

From Middle English denominacion, from Old French denominacion, from Latin d?n?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??n?m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

denomination (countable and uncountable, plural denominations)

1. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
2. (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals
3. (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup.

   Hypernym: sect

   Hyponym: order
4. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

Derived terms

• denominational
• denominationalism

Related terms

• denominate

Translations

See also

• name
• appellation
• title
• face value

Further reading

• religious denomination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• denomination (currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• denomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• denomination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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