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English
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).
Noun
douleia (usually uncountable, plural douleias)
- In Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels.
1644, David Pareus, A Commentary upon the Divine Revelation of the Apostle and Evangelist John, page 485:But paſſing by this fopperie, FIRST the diſtinction of religious worſhip into Latreia and Douleia is denyed, because there is no ſuch thing.
1825, P.A. Baines, A Defence of the Christian Religion, page 94:But when we kiss the statue of St. Peter, with the intention of honouring St. Peter, this act is only Douleia, because St. Peter himself being only a man is not entitled to Latreia.
1870, The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal, page 134:The lowest degree of worship is called douleia (δουλεία) which, they say, is offered to saints and angels.