| cult | A system of beliefs and rituals based on dogma or religious teachings and characterised by devoted adherents who display a readiness to obey, an unrealistic idealization of the leader, an abandonment of personal ambition and goals, and an eschewing of traditional societal values. Origin: L. Cultus, an honoring, adoration (05 Mar 2000) |
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| soc | 1. The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens. 2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. Soc and sac, the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship. Origin: AS. Soc the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. Sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf. Sac, and Soke Alternative forms: sock, and soke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |