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

Objection 1: It seems that dulia has various species.

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

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

Therefore dulia whereby we honor our neighbor is not a distinct virtue from latria with which we honor God.

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

Dulia, species of reverence, 2325 c; obligation of religious cult of dulia, 2354.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan

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