fertility cult
noun
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.
the body of members of such a cult.
Origin of fertility cult
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby fertility cult
fertigate,
fertile,
fertile crescent,
fertile period,
fertility,
fertility cult,
fertility drug,
fertility factor,
fertility symbol,
fertilization,
fertilize
British Dictionary definitions for fertility cult
fertility cult
noun
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