Genuflection

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  genuflection \gen`u*flec"tion\, genuflexion \gen`u*flex"ion\, n.
     [F. g['e]nuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee +
     flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See {Knee},
     {Flexible}.]
     The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship or
     reverence. --Bp. Stillingfleet.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  genuflection
       n : the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [syn: {genuflexion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "genuflection":
     bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, crouch,
     curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling,
     kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness,
     presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation,
     salute, scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop,
     submission, submissiveness, supination