Definition of Latria

1. Noun. The worship given to God alone.

Exact synonyms: Adoration
Generic synonyms: Worship

Definition of Latria

1. n. The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.

Definition of Latria

1. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) the highest form of veneration or worship, properly given to God alone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Latria

1. the supreme worship given to God only, in Roman Catholicism [n -S]

Medical Definition of Latria

1. The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. To serve, fr. Servant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latria

latkes
laton
latosol
latosolic
latosols
latrant
latrants
latrappite
latrate
latrated
latrating
latration
latrations
latred
latreutical
latria (current term)
latrias
latrine
latrines
latrociny
latrodectism
latron
latrons
latrophilin
latrophilins
latrorse
latrotoxin
latrotoxins
latrunculin
latrunculins

Literary usage of Latria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romish Rites, Offices, and Legends, Or Authorised Superstitions and by Martin Wilson Foye (1856)
"And that the worship here intended by the word Adoro, is not what they are pleased to call Dulia, but latria, ... Crux Legati, i/ilia debetur ei latria, ..."

2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Article iii.1 ARTICLE III.2—Is the image of Christ to be adored •with the adoration of " latria " ? jR. There are two affections of the soul towards 1 It ..."

3. Aquinas Ethicus, Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas: Or, The Moral by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Article iii.1 ARTICLE III.2—Is the image of Christ to be adored 'with the adoration of " latria " ? R. There are two affections of the soul towards 1 It ..."

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