Church vs cult

Church

name
  • An unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. 

  • A specific church (Christian religious denomination), such as the Church of England or the Catholic Church. 

  • A surname. 

  • Christianity conceptualized as a single church, irrespective of its various denominations; Christendom. 

  • A village in Hyndburn borough, near Accrington, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7429). 

cult

noun
  • The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint. 

  • A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing. 

  • A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader. 

adj
  • Enjoyed by a small, loyal group. 

  • Of or relating to a cult. 

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