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Genuflection

noun
1.
The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence.  Synonym: genuflexion.





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"Genuflection" Quotes from Famous Books



... dressed in a mere linen girdle, the end of which fell between their legs. The donkeys went past, shaking their long ears and trampling the ground with their little, hard hoofs. The donkey drivers performed the same genuflection as the ox-herds, and the scribes noted also the exact number of ...
— The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 - The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt • Theophile Gautier


Words linked to "Genuflection" :   bow, genuflexion, genuflect, bowing, obeisance


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