| 单词 | fertility cult |
| 释义 | fertility cult in British Englishnoun the practice in some settled agricultural communities of performing religious or magical rites to ensure good weather and crops and the perpetuity of the tribe fertility cult in American Englishnoun 1. a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity 2. the body of members of such a cult Word origin [1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, boondoggle, cloverleaf, saddle stitch, video |
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