The noun cult has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) cult -- (adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices)
2. (1) fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage -- (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season")
3. cult, cultus, religious cult -- (a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin")