2. A system of religious belief and worship.

That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ.

Coleridge.

Cultch (kŭlch; 224), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. [Also written cutch.]

Cul"ter (kŭl"t&etilde;r), n. [L.] A colter. See Colter.

Cul`ti*ros"tral (-t&ibreve;*r&obreve;s"tral), a. [See Cultirostres.] (Zo÷l.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.

||Cul`ti*ros"tres (-trēz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zo÷l.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.

Cul"ti*va*ble (k?l"t?-v?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. cultivable.] Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.

Cul"ti*va`ta*ble (k?l"t?-v?`t?-b'l), a. Cultivable.

Cul"ti*vate (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`- t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.] 1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.

Wordsworth.

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