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

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

Throughout the whole of the next day Delia was very miserable and depressed; only now did she realise what an obsession this secret cultus had become.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

The cultus arborum, I need hardly say, is an old and far-spread worship; it may easily be understood as the expression of man’s gratitude and admiration.

From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous