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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.