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  2. Governmental lists of cults and sects - Wikipedia

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    Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1997. [10] Sanban Puren Pai (三班仆人派; sān bān púrén pài), a Christian sect founded by Xu Wenku in the 1990s, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1999.

  3. Kubaba (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    A legendary queen of Kish whose name can be romanized as Kubaba occurs in the Sumerian King List, [17] but due to spatial and temporal differences a connection between her and the goddess Kubaba is not possible to establish. [1] The name of the queen is theophoric, and can be translated from Sumerian as "radiant Baba". [18]

  4. Cult (religious practice) - Wikipedia

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    The term "cult" first appeared in English in 1617, derived from the French culte, meaning "worship" which in turn originated from the Latin word cultus meaning "care, cultivation, worship". The meaning "devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829. Starting about 1920, "cult" acquired an additional six or more positive and negative definitions.

  5. Cult - Wikipedia

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    Cult is a term often applied to new religious movements and other social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, ...

  6. Queen Elizabeth thinks this completely normal word is “vulgar”

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  7. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Veneration is often shown outwardly by respectfully bowing or making the sign of the cross before a saint's icon, relics, or cult image. These items are often also kissed. Vipassana: (Sanskrit: vipasyanā) The practice of Insight Meditation.

  8. Queen Elizabeth thinks this completely normal word is “vulgar”

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    Apparently, the Queen prefers to say pregnant women are “in the family way” as a more polite term. The phrase started as a slang term in the 17th century, according to Merriam-Webster .

  9. Cult of personality - Wikipedia

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    The cult is also marked by the intensity of the people's feelings for and devotion to their leaders, [107] and the key role played by a Confucianized ideology of familism both in maintaining the cult and thereby in sustaining the regime itself. The North Korean cult of personality is a large part of Juche and totalitarianism.