Entry Word: cult

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film) <long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult>

Synonyms following

Related Words discipleship

2 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life> — see religion 1