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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[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.

Noun.

[Gr. beyond, and service.] Super-service in the Romish church, performed to the virgin Mary.