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The object may have been fashioned as a cultic figure.

Other subjects he has researched include mind control and cultic behavior.

This mosque was followed by construction of other cultic works.

A chaplain is not a cultic figure, but more like a counselor.

Artifacts of potential cultic significance were found in the temple.

Her focus is on children, adolescents and adults who have had exposure to cultic groups.

Originally this word was used for places in nature but over time cultic buildings may have been built.

It has been described as a common and popular Babylonian cultic scene.

For his cult, more important than iconography was the cultic literature.

In the law, particularly that concerned with cultic activity, blood is all-pervasive.

The structures are mostly interpreted as having served a cultic purpose.

It has also been described as having a "cultic, brooding" appearance.

So humans try to be on good terms with the gods via cultic rituals.

At this age, soporific rituals can take on an almost cultic intensity.

This account is often used as evidence of the ruler's role as a cultic leader.

The psalm has been seen by some commentators as being purely cultic in nature.

It was chosen because of its potential for yielding administrative and/or cultic buildings.

The entrance pillars appear to have architectural and cultic significance.

This restored the normal cultic order to the satisfaction of the priesthood.

The thirty per cent mortality in these cultic operations is outrageous.

It made no sense outside the cultic context of prayer, contemplation, and liturgy.

Old place names containing the word sal may thus mean that a cultic hall once stood there.

For instance, the written sources point to the existence of cultic specialists within the public cult.

High places were prevalent in almost all ancient cultures as centers of cultic worship.

Beersheba is referred to in the Bible as a site of cultic importance.