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genuflexion

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gen⋅u⋅flec⋅tion

  [jen-yoo-flek-shuhn]
–noun
an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
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Also, especially British, gen⋅u⋅flex⋅ion.

Origin:
1520–30; < ML genūflexiōn- (s. of genūflexiō). See genuflect, -ion
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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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