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death cult

death cult noun: a religious movement that worships death or the dead.

Noun

death cult (plural death cults)

  1. A religious movement that worships death or the dead.
    • Although this Death-Cult calls itself scientific, we have not yet heard of any careful or other collecting of statistics about appearances through mediums of the same deceased person at more than two places at once.1889 February, The Path, volume 3, page 351
    • As regards the significance of the use of plants in the death cult of the Egyptians, we must make a distinction between the edibles which were ordinarily placed in earthen vessels on the floor of the sepulchre […]1892 August 13, The Literary Digest, volume 5
  2. A religious group that requires demonstrations of faith involving the risk of death.

Synonyms of death cult

Forms of death cult

pluraldeath cults

Words formed from death cult

Words that rhyme with death cult

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Questions about death cult

What does death cult mean?
Death cult means a religious movement that worships death or the dead.
What part of speech is death cult?
Death cult is a noun.
What is the plural of death cult?
The plural of death cult is death cults.

Words near death cult in the dictionary

  1. death chambers
  2. death clerk
  3. death clerks
  4. death clock
  5. death clocks
  6. death cult
  7. death cultist
  8. death cultists
  9. death cults
  10. death cup
  11. death cups

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