Sentence examples for common cult from inspiring English sources

A common cult of the various peoples of the empire at that time, it persisted in Asia Minor long afterward.

Clan members had mutual duties in payment of blood money, bride-price, and burial expenses; they observed a common cult that included the organization of a clan bear festival, usually held in honour of a dead clan kinsman.

This faith is shared by all the tribes; it is owing to their common cult that a Levite from Bethlehem could serve first at an Ephraimite and later also at a Danite sanctuary.

Members of the various denominations who abandon all worldly attachment enter an "inner circle" or "order" that, seeking a life of devotion, adopts or develops particular vows and observances, a common cult, and some form of initiation.

The religious bond, preserved by the common cult, enabled the tribes to work together under the leadership of elders or an inspired champion in time of danger or religious scandal.

Her use of common cult film motifs – female nudity and ambiguous gender – were repurposed to comment on feminist topics.

The two have strangely a lot in common: cults, dogged belief systems, well-intentioned humans, and a surprising amount of violence.

In addition to Cults the young band most suited to thrive in the post-Best Coast environment might be Tennis, which has much in common with Cults.

Right out the gate two experts told me it's common for cults and similar organizations to boast humanitarian goals.

This American all-rounder namechecks Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson in his act, and his streetwise riffs and monologues have far more in common with those cult writers than most conventional one-line comics.

It is common for a cult series to attract the attentions of academics, but it used to be that shows bedded in for a couple of seasons before lofty anthologies such as The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, or Sex and the Slayer: a Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan, evolved.