Middle English Dictionary Entry
latrīa n.
Entry Info
| Forms | latrīa n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dulia.
1.
The highest form of worship, to be given to God only.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)300 : Þe heye worchipe þat clerkis clepin latria longith to þe godhead alone, and þe lowere worchipe þat is clepid dulia longith to man and to aungel and to lowere creatures.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)186/24 : That worschiping that Moyses forfendede to be do was worschypinge of latria, that longez oonly to god, and not of dulia, that longez to other thynges.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22952 : Off this place ffolkes alle 'Latrya' they me calle..I kepe the howres off rysynge To do worschipe to the kynge.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)1/29 : The Lord God oweth only to be worschipid with sacrifice and worschip in the effect of the worde 'latria', whiche worschip is only propirde to the godhede.