dulia

American  

[doo-lahy-uh, dyoo-] / duˈlaɪ ə, dju- /

noun

Roman Catholic Theology.

1. veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.

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dulia British  

/ ˈdjuːlɪə /

noun

1. the veneration accorded to saints in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches, as contrasted with hyperdulia and latria

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Etymology

Origin of dulia

1605–15; < Medieval Latin dūlīa service, work done < Greek douleía slavery, equivalent to doûl ( os ) slave + -eia -y ³

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Example Sentences

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dulia

Accordingly we must reply that the honor or subjection of dulia regards some dignity of a man absolutely.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

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.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Sir Max Beerbohm

Now hyperdulia is apparently a mean between latria and dulia: for it is shown towards creatures having a special affinity to God, for instance to the Blessed Virgin as being the mother of God.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

And so in this sense the adoration of Christ's humanity is the adoration not of latria but of dulia.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Since this difference of aspect in the object differentiates the species of virtue, it seems that dulia is divided into specifically different virtues.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

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