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cult, a specific complex of beliefs, rites, and ceremonies associated with some particular person or object, which is maintained by a social group. A cult is often considered as having magical significance. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In Part Three of this four part volume, Fishwick treats two separate issues in each half of the book: evidence of provincial centers in the provincial cult, and the shape of cultic practices. The elite, therefore, were often designated by participation in cultic rituals as "righteous" and "holy" to the exclusion of the non-elite. is the expression of elemental passions, and at rock festivals it assumes a cultic character, a form of worship, in fact, in opposition to Christian worship. |
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