What is Cult:
The word worship comes from Latin cultus (cultivation, cultivated), has several meanings and is applied in different contexts.
cultured person
As an adjective, culture means that it has culture. With this meaning there are several synonyms such as: educated, instructed, learned, wise, erudite, enlightened, civilized, cultivated. The word ‘uncultured’ is the antonym of ‘cultured’. It talks about ‘be cultured‘ or of a ‘cultured person‘ when someone has a lot of knowledge. Generally, it is used in reference to content from various disciplines such as History, Geography or Literature. To be educated it is not necessary to have received academic training, since a person’s culture can also be due, for example, to a self-taught learning process.
cultured language
He cultured language, unlike uneducated language, is one in which morphosyntax and lexicon are used correctly. Cultured language can be formal or informal depending on the context in which it is used. It can be used orally or in writing.
In Linguistics, a ‘cultured word‘ or a ‘cultism’ indicate that a term derives directly from Latin or Greek without having undergone a popular evolution, for example, from Vulgar Latin to a Romance language, excluding the linguistic changes typical of the new language. For example, the word ‘everyday’ is considered a cultism (from the Latin quotidiānus). There is also talk of ‘cult’ and ‘culterano’ to refer to something or someone related to the literary style of culteranism.
religious cult
As a noun, ‘worship’ is a way of showing devotion, respect or veneration towards someone or something considered divine. In religions, worship includes a series of rites, manifestations and religious celebrations as a form of homage to a divinity, a person or an object with divine or sacred characteristics (such as a saint or a relic). A religious cult can include prayers and prayers, sacrifices such as fasting. On a personal level, religious worship serves a person to manifest a relationship with the deity. On a social level, religious worship is related to the idea of community and creating and strengthening the idea of a group.
See also Devotion.
Other types of worship
The word ‘cult’ is used in a broader way applied not only to the religious sphere, to refer to an extraordinary admiration or devotion shown towards something or someone. There are, for example, some terms such as ‘body worship‘ (excessive dedication to caring for a person’s physical appearance) or the ‘personality cult‘ (excessive veneration and adoration of a person, generally towards a person who holds a position of power).