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单词 fertility cult
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fertility cult


noun

a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
the body of members of such a cult.

Origin of fertility cult

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby fertility cult

fertigate, fertile, Fertile Crescent, fertile period, fertility, fertility cult, fertility drug, fertility factor, fertility symbol, fertilization, fertilize
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British Dictionary definitions for fertility cult

fertility cult

noun

the practice in some settled agricultural communities of performing religious or magical rites to ensure good weather and crops and the perpetuity of the tribe
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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