different between veneration vs dulia

English

Etymology

From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n???e???n/
• Hyphenation: ven?e?ra?tion

Noun

veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
3. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Evans, page 2:

     In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.

4. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Translations

Anagrams

• Evertonian, enervation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

dulia (usually uncountable, plural dulias)

1. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

     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

• hyperdulia

Anagrams

• Daliu, Ulaid

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

dulia f (plural dulie)

1. dulia

Anagrams

• aduli, duali, laudi