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cult is a religious or social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices.
Cult or cults may also refer to:
Cult, Haute-Saône , France
Cults, Aberdeen , a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland
Cults Academy , a school in Cults, Aberdeenshire
Cults railway station , a former station near Aberdeen
Cults, Fife , a parish in the Fife area, Scotland
Cult (religious practice) , literally the "care" owed to God or gods and to temples, shrines, or churches
New religious movement , cult in a common modern sense
Cult following , a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific work of culture
Cargo cult , a religious practice ritually mimicking a more advanced culture
Cult of personality , when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image
Imperial cult , a form of state religion in which a ruler is worshipped as a demigod or deity
Roman imperial cult , identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State
Greek hero cult , one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion
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