noun

• (in the Roman Catholic Church) supreme worship allowed to God alone.

  Compare with dulia

  ‘He began that first night by discussing a single Latin word he had written on the blackboard: latria, worship.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Only God is to be given latria.’

  Synonyms

  reverence, revering, worshipping, veneration, venerating, adoration, adoring, -olatry, devotion, praise, thanksgiving, praising, praying to, glorification, glorifying, glory, exaltation, exalting, extolment, extolling, homage, respect, honour, honouring, esteem