Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of genuflecting.

    Niederknien, Kniebeuge, Kniefall

    коленопреклоне́ниеkolenopreklonénije

    колінопреклоні́нняkolinopreklonínnja

    the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

Examples

1 sentences

  1. At the ruined altar ghostly priests officiated, passing quietly from side to side, with bows and genuflections.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, ge

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).

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Forms

plural: genuflections

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence:genuflexion

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgenuflect

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gentlenessgentlyB2gentrificationgentrifygenuineB2genuinelyB2genusgeographer

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