Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who kneels, as to pray.
- noun Something, such as a stool, cushion, or board, on which to kneel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who kneels, or worships by kneeling.
- noun In the early church, one of a class of penitents who were permitted to occupy a kneeling position between the ambo and the door of the church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
- noun A cushion or stool to kneel on, such as one attached to a pew in a church.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
kneels . - noun A thing that is designed to be kneeled on.
- noun An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person in a kneeling position
- noun a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on
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Examples
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I cannot imagine a person agreeing to be the "kneeler" for this act without an inch-thick wad of Benjamins firmly in hand, but you never know what'll motivate some people to perform the most sordid acts imaginable.
Baboon Pirates 2008
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Just then the hair on my arms stands up and the raised kneeler attached to the church pew directly behind us slams to the ground.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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Just then the hair on my arms stands up and the raised kneeler attached to the church pew directly behind us slams to the ground.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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As the fact that, for more than a year, whoever approaches the Pope for Communion, have had to kneel down on the kneeler especially placed by the cerimonieri.
Tornielli: The "Reform of the Reform" Proposals Approved by the Pope 2009
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My mother would pull a small prayer book from her purse, plant herself on the kneeler, and begin to pray.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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A woman with haunted eyes and a twist and swing in her step approaches a padded kneeler placed beneath the window and painfully sinks to her knees.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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And one of the chairs I plan on using in here is an ergonomic kneeler, so I won't be able to lean over safely.
Back in some sort of saddle joshenglish 2008
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My mother would pull a small prayer book from her purse, plant herself on the kneeler, and begin to pray.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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A woman with haunted eyes and a twist and swing in her step approaches a padded kneeler placed beneath the window and painfully sinks to her knees.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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My daughter kicked her patent leathers against the kneeler until I put one hand on her thigh.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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