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genuflection

[ jen-yoo-flek-shuhn ]

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noun

an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.

First recorded in 1520–30, genuflection is from the Medieval Latin word genūflexiōn- (stem of genūflexiō ). See genuflect, -ion

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