dulia means The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
Why this word is great
DULIA — [Noun] In Christian theology, the veneration or honor given to saints and angels, distinguished from the supreme worship (latria) owed to God alone. From Latin dulia, from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía, "slavery, servitude"), from δοῦλος (doûlos, "slave"). Unlike latria—the soul's full prostration before the uncreated Divine—or hyperdulia—the singular, elevated honor reserved for the Virgin Mary—dulia is the calibrated reverence for the exemplary departed. It is the votive candle before a plaster saint, the patient tracing of a pilgrim's route, and the careful polish applied to a stone effigy's feet—a taxonomy of devotion that maps the human need for fellow travelers on the long ascent.
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- The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.“There were even moments when, looking into her cheval-glass, she cried out against that arrangement in comely lines and tints which got for her the dulia she delighted in.”