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| [In sense 1, a. Sp. cultismo, F. cultisme, f. Sp. culto polished, elegant (:{em}L. cultus cultivated): see -ISM; Góngora gave the appellation estilo culto to his style of writing; in sense 2, f. CULT n. + -ISM.] | | [In sense 1, a. Sp. cultismo, F. cultisme, f. Sp. culto polished, elegant (:{em}L. cultus cultivated): see -ISM; Góngora gave the appellation estilo culto to his style of writing; in sense 2, f. CULT n. + -ISM.] |
| + | *1. A kind of affected elegance of style which prevailed in Spanish [[literature]] in the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th c.; also called Góngorism after the poet Góngora. So {sm}cultist, a writer affecting cultism. |
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− | *1. A kind of affected elegance of style which prevailed in Spanish [[literature]] in the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th c.; also called Góngorism after the poet Góngora. So {sm}cultist, a writer affecting cultism.
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| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Cults]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Cults '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| 1839 Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 718 Francesco de Roxas, a celebrated cultist in style. 1870 LOWELL Study Wind. 391 The school of the cultists. 1887 MOREL-FATIO in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 360 The cultism of Góngora, the artifice of which lies solely in the choice and arrangement of words. | | 1839 Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 718 Francesco de Roxas, a celebrated cultist in style. 1870 LOWELL Study Wind. 391 The school of the cultists. 1887 MOREL-FATIO in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 360 The cultism of Góngora, the artifice of which lies solely in the choice and arrangement of words. |
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| *2. The [[spirit]], system, or [[practice]] of a cult or a cultic activity. So {sm}cultist, a person practising cultism; cul{sm}tistic a. | | *2. The [[spirit]], system, or [[practice]] of a cult or a cultic activity. So {sm}cultist, a person practising cultism; cul{sm}tistic a. |
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