Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latreutical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-tre-uti-cal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.

Obsolete

adj

Of or pertaining to latria, the highest form of worship.

Example Sentences

"[I]n this ſacred Supper there is a ſacrifice (in that ſenſe vvherein the Fathers ſpoke) none of vs euer doubted: but that is then, either Latreuticall (as [Robert] Bellarmine diſtinguiſhes it not ill) or Euchariſticall: […]"
"We have already highlighted the primacy of the first of these, the latreutical end of this et-et, that is, of the adoration of God."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λατρευτικός (latreutikós), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, to worship”), + -al. Compare -latry.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λατρευτικός

Usage

Obsolete

Synonyms

latreutic

Questions

What does latreutical mean?: Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.
Where does latreutical come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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