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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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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.
*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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