Crossword-Solution: HYPERDULIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hyperdulia | n. | Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “HYPERDULIA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| VENERATION due the Virgin | 1 answer |
| VIRGIN Mary, veneration offered to the | 1 answer |
| in Roman Catholicism, the veneration accorded to the Virgin Mary | 1 answer |
| veneration offered to the Holy Mary | 1 answer |
| Veneration | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with HYPERDULIA (4)
Now hyperdulia is apparently a mean between latria and dulia: for it is shown towards creatures having a special affinity to God, for instance to the Blessed Virgin as being the mother of God.
Therefore it seems that there are different species of dulia, one being simply dulia, the other hyperdulia.
This last honor is known as _dulia_ (service) when offered to the Saints who reign with Christ in heaven, as _hyperdulia_ (superior service) when offered to the Mother of God.
All analogy suggests that Mediaeval folk were still sufficiently pagan to treat such relics with a kind of “hyperdulia.” A sacred stone, or group of stones, may well have been embedded in the walls of the church, or set up as an altar, in order to propitiate those who gave up the old faith with reluctance.