hyperdulia

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hyperdulia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hyperdulia \Hy`per*du*li"a\, n. [Pref. hyper- + dulia: cf. F.
     hyperdulie.] (R. C. Ch.)
     Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most
     exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.
     --Addis & Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]