dulia

English

Alternative forms

• douleia

Etymology

From Latin dulia, from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía, “slavery”), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).

Noun

dulia (usually uncountable, plural dulias)

1. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
   • 1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• dulic
• hyperdulia
• protodulia

Anagrams

• Daliu, Ulaid

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dulia, from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía, “slavery”), δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /duˈlia/ [duˈli.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: du‧li‧a

Noun

dulia (plural dulia-dulia)

1. (Christianity) dulia

Further reading

• “dulia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dulia, from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía, “slavery”), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).

Noun

dulia f (plural dulie)

1. dulia

Anagrams

• aduli, duali, laudi