hyperdulia

American  

[hahy-per-doo-lee-uh, -dyoo-] / ˌhaɪ pər dʊˈli ə, -dyʊ- /

noun

Roman Catholic Theology.

1. the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.

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hyperdulia British  

/ ˌhaɪpədjʊˈlɪə /

noun

1. RC Church special veneration accorded to the Virgin Mary Compare dulia latria

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Other Word Forms

• hyperdulic adjective
• hyperdulical adjective

Etymology

Origin of hyperdulia

From Medieval Latin, dating back to 1520–30; hyper-, dulia

Example Sentences

Latria, lā-trī′a, n. the kind of supreme worship lawfully offered to God alone—opposed to Dulia, that given to saints and angels, and to Hyperdulia, that given to the Virgin.

From Project Gutenberg

I find it difficult to reconcile the sublime and enrapt devotion to God which inspires them, with the minute rules of our order, the details of scholastic casuistry, and the precise directions as to the measure of worship and honour, Dulia, Hyperdulia, and Latria to be paid to the various orders of heavenly beings, which make prayer often seem as perplexing to me as the ceremonial of the imperial court would to a peasant of the Thuringian forest.

From Project Gutenberg

Hyperdulia is reserved for the Virgin alone; and latria is given to God and to each person of the Trinity.

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Hyperdulia, species of reverence, 2352 c.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the Virgin Mary, though she is styled Mother of God and Queen of Heaven, receives only dulia or at most hyperdulia.

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