Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of genuflection.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
Examples
“NBC, CBS et al have been in the genuflexion mode since he began to run for the office.”
“Jacqui Smith: unconvicted dopehead over-promoted to the Home Office plans doomed genuflexion to the”
“We could even look at the removal of the most important priestly genuflexion in the entire Mass: the one between Consecration and Elevation.”
“A Freemason would remove that because it points to the fact that our Lord is present as the Host, whereas a postponement of the first genuflexion to after the Elevation suggests that the people come first: Christ is primarly present in them.”
“The master — to use the Italian phrase for persons of this description — approached the upper end of the room with a genuflexion like that of a Catholic to the crucifix, and at the same time crossed himself.”
“When a parson takes his lay friend over his church on a week day, how much less of the spirit of genuflexion and head-uncovering the clergyman will display to the layman!”
“This was no mere genuflexion to a shrine of taste and immorality, but the prosecution of his own legitimate affairs.”
“And he went into the church making a genuflexion as soon as he reached the door.”
“From time to time at the upper end a sacristan passed, making the oblique genuflexion of devout persons in a hurry.”
“The latter thereupon sank before the upright Presence in a courtesy which was tantamount to a genuflexion, so as to bring their lips down to the level of the beautiful hand which hung very low, and to kiss it.”
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