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Dulia

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du⋅li⋅a

[doo-lahy-uh, dyoo-]
–noun Roman Catholic Theology.
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
Compare hyperdulia, latria.


Origin:
1605–15; < ML dūlīa service, work done < Gk douleía slavery, equiv. to doûl(os) slave + -eia -y 3
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