douleia

noun

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

   uncountable

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

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry douleia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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