cultus (kultus)

[= G. kultus, etc., Buddhism, a mi ionary religion rather than an ancestral cultus , eagerly availed itself of the art of writing for the propagation of its doctrines. Isaac Taylor , The Alphabet, II. 343. Pure ethics is not now formulated and concreted into a cultus , a fraternity with a emblings and holy-days, with song and book, with brick and stone. Emerson , N. A. Rev., CXXVI. 417. 2. The moral or esthetic state or condition of a particular time or place. cultus-cod (kul'tus-kod), n. [Said to be Cultus-cod (Ophiodon elongatus). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion, 1884.) ened form, with a long pointed head and many dorsal spines and rays. It reaches a length of from 3 to 4 feet and a weight of from 30 to 40 pounds. It abounds along the Pacific coast of the United States, and is one of the most important food-fishes of that region. Also called green - cod, and by many other names.