Latria

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Latria \La*tri"a\ (l[.a]*tr[imac]"[.a]; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr.
     latrei`a, fr. latrey`ein to serve, fr. la`tris servant.]
     The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; --
     distinguished by the Roman Catholics from {dulia}, or the
     inferior worship paid to saints.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  latria
       n : worship given to God alone [syn: {adoration}]