Douleia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels. uncountable, usually

    "But paſſing by this fopperie, FIRST the diſtinction of religious worſhip into Latreia and Douleia is denyed, because there is no ſuch thing."

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adorationcultcultismdevotionhomagelatria

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"But paſſing by this fopperie, FIRST the diſtinction of religious worſhip into Latreia and Douleia is denyed, because there is no ſuch thing."

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).

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