Cult vs. Religion

Cultnoun

A group or sect of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.

Cultnoun

Devotion to a saint.

Cultnoun

A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.

Cultnoun

(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Cultadjective

Of or relating to a cult.

Cultadjective

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

Cultnoun

Attentive care; homage; worship.

Cultnoun

A system of religious belief and worship.

Cultnoun

A system of intense religious veneration of a particular person, idea, or object, especially one considered spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies; as, the Moonie cult.

Cultnoun

The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or 3).

Cultnoun

A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea or thing without religious associations, or the people holding such an interest; as, the cult of James Dean; the cult of personality in totalitarian societies.

Cultnoun

adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

Cultnoun

an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

Cultnoun

a system of religious beliefs and rituals;

Cultnoun

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object

Cultnoun

a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members

Cultnoun

a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular thing

Cultnoun

a person or thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society

Cult

In modern English, a cult is a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or by its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This sense of the term is controversial, having divergent definitions both in popular culture and academia, and has also been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study.

Religionnoun

(uncountable) The belief in a reality beyond what is perceptible by the senses, and the practices associated with this belief.

Religionnoun

(countable) A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.

Religionnoun

(uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.

Religionnoun

(countable) Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.

Religionnoun

Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.

Religionverb

Engage in religious practice.

Religionverb

Indoctrinate into a specific religion.

Religionverb

To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

Religionnoun

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.

Religionnoun

Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.

Religionnoun

A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.

Religionnoun

Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct.

Religionnoun

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny;

Religionnoun

institution to express belief in a divine power;

Religion

Religion is a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith, a supernatural being or supernatural beings or . Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities and/or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture.