> As far as "a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object"... You just described Christianity. Yes. Christianity

> As far as "a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object"... You just described Christianity. Yes. Christianity is, in the scholarly sense of the word intended by the article, a cult or set of cults. Here's a priest explaining the--his words--"cult of Mary:" https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-cult-of-mary https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-cult-of-mary . And here's an example of the usage from another article about late-antique Judaism: "...the Sadducees stressed the importance of the priests in the Temple cult, while the Pharisees insisted on the participation of all Jews." https://www.livius.org/articles/people/sadducees/ https://www.livius.org/articles/people/sadducees/