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Webster 1913 Edition
Latria
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La-tri′a
(lȧ-trī′ȧ; 277)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
λατρεία
, fr. λατρεύειν
to serve, fr. λάτρισ
servant.] The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; – distinguished by the Roman Catholics from
dulia
, or the inferior worship paid to saints. Webster 1828 Edition
Latria
LA'TRIA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
latria
latria
See also: -latria
English
Noun
latria (usually uncountable, plural latrias)
- (Roman Catholicism) the highest form of veneration, namely worship, properly given to the triune God alone
Related terms
- latreutic, latreutical (both rare)
- -latry