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cultic, a.|ˈkʌltɪk|
[f. cult n. + -ic, perh. after G. kultisch.]
Of or pertaining to a religious cult.
1898Peritz in Jrnl. Biblical Lit. XVII. 117 Whether as divinity, devotee, or cultic official, woman shares cultic duties with man. 1925G. B. Gray Sacrifice in O.T. 193 Though of course women reckoned their descent from Levi, they did not exercise the special cultic Levitical service. 1925J. E. McFadyen in A. S. Peake People & Bk. 216 Gunkel maintains that, though they [sc. the psalms] originated in poetry composed for the cult, most of them no longer presuppose any cultic action. 1965C. L. Wrenn in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 42 The runes must be explored in the light of evidences..that may have cultic significance.
Hence ˈcultically adv., in a cultic manner.
1953Scott. Jrnl. Theol. VI. 343 By their Christological formulas they turn [Christ] into an idol to be cultically worshipped. |