Cŭlt, n.

n. [Fr. culte.] 1. Attentive care; homage; worship. Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury. 2. A system of religious belief and worship, especially a system of rites employed in worship. [Rare.] That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. Coleridge.