Latria

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; - distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Λατρεαί ), the name given in the Roman Catholic Church to the adoration due to God alone on account of his supremacy, as distinguished from Hyperdulia (q.v.), worship piaid to the Virgin, and Dulis (q.v.), the worship paid to saints.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The name given in Catholic theology to the worship of God, as distinguished from Dulia ( q. v .), their name for the worship of saints.