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What does latria mean?

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  1. (Roman Catholicism) the highest form of veneration, namely worship, properly given to the triune God alone
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The last three examples of each of the following lists show how such a focus can be maintained even without the specific terms dulia and latria.
But latria belongs to religion, and latria implies a certain servitude.
The reply of our Lord to the tempter seems purposely framed so as to include both latria and dulia.
Wherefore dulia, which pays due service to a human lord, is a distinct virtue from latria, which pays due service to the lordship of God.
The distinction of what is called dulia and latria was invented for the very purpose of permitting divine honours to be paid to angels and dead men with apparent impunity.
As precise definitions of words do not translate well from one language to another, words connoting latria and dulia vary from one language to another.

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