cultus

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It opened in 1934 near the Ballard Locks, featuring Alaska stickleback, pipe fish, yellow-banded perch, blennies and cultus cod, according to HistoryLink.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

As Scientologists do battle with the government in Germany, they could point out that religion apparently comes from the Latin religare, or "to bind"; cult comes from the Latin cultus, meaning "worship."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Arian controversy had led to another development, which confirmed by anticipation the cultus to which St. Augustine's doctrine pointed.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

It is impossible to dispute the fact, and no explanation can be accepted for one part of the cultus which fails to explain the other.

From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous

M. Lajard has given an account of this cultus, which so generally supplanted the mystic worship of the West.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.