hyperdulia
A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
Noun
- A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
- By the thirteenth century, the growth of devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, in both East and West led John of Damascus's admirer Thomas Aquinas to formalize a further refinement: the concept of an exceptional sort of...
Synonyms: hyperveneration
Origin
From Medieval Latin hyperdūlīa, from hyper-, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + dūlīa, from Ancient Greek δουλείᾱ (douleíā, “slavery”), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).