a relatively small group of people having beliefs or practices, especially relating to religion, that are regarded by others as strange or sinister or as imposing excessive control over members

a network of Satan-worshipping cults

some young people are lured into joining a cult because of peer pressure

a person or thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society

the series has become a bit of a cult in the UK

a cult film

the programme built up a cult following

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object

the cult of St Olaf

one of the major cult centres of Aphrodite