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Genuflection
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
gen·u·flec·tion       [jen-yoo-flek-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
Also, especially British, gen·u·flex·ion.


[Origin: 1520–30; < ML genūflexiōn- (s. of genūflexiō). See genuflect, -ion]
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gen·u·flect       (jěn'yə-flěkt')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   gen·u·flect·ed, gen·u·flect·ing, gen·u·flects
  1. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
  2. To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.


[Late Latin genūflectere : Latin genū, knee; see genu-1 in Indo-European roots + Latin flectere, to bend.]

gen'u·flec'tion (-flěk'shən) n.
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genuflection 
1526, from L.L. genuflectionem (nom. genuflexio), from stem of genuflectere "genuflect," from L. genu "knee" (cf. Skt. janu, Gk. gonu, Goth. kniu, O.E. cneo) + flectere "to bend."

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genuflection

noun
the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence 

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Genuflection

Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Genuflecting.] [See Genuflection.] To bend the knee, as in worship.

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