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Also known as worship

devotion to a deity, person or thing

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ritual
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A devotee at Gurudwara Harmandir Sahib, Punjab.jpg
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different from
cult
topic's main category
Q8990482
Commons category
Worship
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Encyclopedic overview

Cult is the care (Latin: cultus) owed to deities or saints and their temples, shrines, or churches; cult is embodied in ritual and ceremony. Its presence or former presence is made concrete in temples, shrines and churches, and cult images, including votive offerings at votive sites.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cult” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.