culti

culti — 名詞

1. The formal religious practices, ceremonies, and forms of worship that are carrie

1.名詞C2
釋義

崇拜儀式

特定宗教群體的正式崇拜禮儀

The formal religious practices, ceremonies, and forms of worship that are carried out by a particular group or community, especially in ancient or traditional societies.

例句

The archaeologist found stone tablets describing the culti of the sun temple at Knossos.

考古學家在克諾索斯發現了描述太陽神廟崇拜儀式的石板。

culti + of + [place] for specifying a group's worship

During the harvest festival, the elders performed the ancient culti that their ancestors had observed for generations.

豐收節期間，長老們按照祖先世世代代遵循的方式進行古老的崇拜儀式。

perform + culti for carrying out religious practices

同義詞
  • rites

    more general term for ceremonial acts; less tied to formal worship systems

  • rituals

    emphasises the procedural, step-by-step nature of ceremonies

  • worship practices

    broader and more descriptive; works across all religious traditions

  • liturgies

    more specific to formal, written orders of worship in organised religion

文法句型

culti + of + [group/place]

perform/observe + culti

用法筆記

Used primarily in academic writing about religion and ancient cultures. 'Culti' is the Latin plural form of 'cultus'; the singular is even rarer in English. This word does not carry the modern negative connotation of 'cult' as a controlling group.

常見錯誤

❌The leader's personal culti worried the government.
✅The leader's personality cult worried the government.
💡'culti' refers specifically to formal religious worship practices, not to the modern sociological meaning of 'cult.'
❌The new age group has strange culti.
✅The new age group has strange rituals.
💡'culti' is uncommon in contemporary religious contexts; use 'rituals' or 'practices' instead.