dulia

The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.

Noun

  1. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
    • There were even moments when, looking into her cheval-glass, she cried out against that arrangement in comely lines and tints which got for her the dulia she delighted in. - 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

Origin

From Latin dulia, from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía, “slavery”), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).

Forms

dulias douleia

Derived

dulic hyperdulia protodulia