cultism

Definitions of cultism
  1. noun
    religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
    synonyms: devotion, idolatry, veneration
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    Bible-worship, bibliolatry
    the worship of the Bible
    grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship
    the worship of words
    symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry
    the worship of symbols
    anthropolatry, worship of man
    the worship of human beings
    gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship
    the worship of women
    lordolatry
    the worship of a lord because of his rank or title
    miracle-worship, thaumatolatry
    the worship of miracles
    place-worship, topolatry
    the worship of places
    type of:
    worship
    the activity of worshipping
  2. noun
    devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
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    type of:
    devotion
    commitment to some purpose
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