douleia

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).

Noun

douleia (usually uncountable, plural douleias)

1. In Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels.
   • 1644, David Pareus, A Commentary upon the Divine Revelation of the Apostle and Evangelist John‎^[1], page 485:

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

   • 1825, P.A. Baines, A Defence of the Christian Religion‎^[2], page 94:

     But when we kiss the statue of St. Peter, with the intention of honouring St. Peter, this act is only Douleia, because St. Peter himself being only a man is not entitled to Latreia.

   • 1870, The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal‎^[3], page 134:

     The lowest degree of worship is called douleia (δουλεία) which, they say, is offered to saints and angels.