Meaning of GENUFLECTION
| Pronunciation: | | `jenyû'flekshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence |
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| | Synonyms: | | genuflexion |
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| | See Also: | | bow, bowing, obeisance | |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen`u*flec"tion\, n. [F. g['e]nuflexion, fr. LL.
genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr.
flectere, flexum, to bend. See {Knee}, {Flexible}.]
The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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| | Related Terms: | | bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, crouch, curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop, submission, submissiveness, supination |
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