Definition of Douleia

1. veneration of saints and angels [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Douleia

douglas fir
douglas hemlock
douglas pine
douglas spruce
douhua
douit
douits
doujinshi
doujinshis
douk
douked
douking
douks
doula
doulas
douleia (current term)
douleias
doulocracy
doum
doum fruit
doum palm
doum palms
douma
doumas
doums
doun
douncer
doup
doupe
doupioni

Literary usage of Douleia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Athenian Tribute Lists by Benjamin D. Meritt (1968)
"What is this douleia? It is certainly distinct from the ... At the time when Thucydides wrote, douleia had become the normal ..."

2. The Bristol Protestant (1848)
"At GOD'S altar 326 (Latreia) At the Virgin's 63 5 6 (Hyper-douleia) At Thomas a ... 954 6 3 (douleia) " Worshipping and serving the creature more than the ..."

3. The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal: In Defence of the True Interests of by Scottish Reformation Society (1871)
"From the Roman Catholic application of the words, it would seem as though the Church of Rome would mean to say that the words douleia and latreia, ..."

4. The book of texts of ancient and modern history, &c by Francis Armstrong Power (1879)
"... —douleia—is thirty-nine times in the Old and New Testaments ascribed unto God. ... —douleia—signifies that which is given to angels, saints, and men, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... or douleia, the reverence due to the saints and the absolute worship, latreia, to be ren- In the dered to God alone (see DULIA). In Middle the West, ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"A distinction was drawn between the supreme worship of adoration, which is called latreia, and the inferior worship of honour or reverence, called douleia; ..."

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