latria

9.9

Worship given only to God, not to saints

noun
/ˈleɪtriə/

Specialized

: latría

The concept of latria distinguishes the worship of God from the veneration given to saints.

Examples

Adoration (latria) could in this way be redirected to a cult image, one based on a venerable prototype.

Academic text (2005)
In Christian theology, latria refers to the supreme adoration reserved for the divine.
Latria is the term for the worship that is offered to God alone.

Synonyms

worship

vslatria

35 4.2

A feeling of deep love and respect for a person or god

is limited to devotion shown only to the supreme deity

adoration

vslatria

7 6.4

Deep love and worship given to God in a religion

is the form reserved exclusively for the one true deity

Antonyms

idolatry

9 9.0

Worship of images or objects as gods

How Reverent

latria

Specialized

9.9

veneration

Formal

4 7.8

to reverence

2 7.1

respect

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

latria singular

latriae plural

Etymology

Latria comes from the Greek word latreia, which means 'worship' or 'service', and you can see the same root in idolatry, which means 'worship of idols'. So latria is the special worship given only to God, not the respect shown to saints.