Definition of Latrea

Definition of Latrea

Latria, the name given in Catholic theology to the worship of God, as distinguished from Dulia (q. v.), their name for the worship of saints.

- Wikipedia

||La*tri"a (l&adot;*trī"&adot;; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. latrei`a, fr. latrey`ein to serve, fr. la`tris 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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