genuflection
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genuflection
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Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).
noun genuflections · genuflexion
- The act of genuflecting. Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.
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noun the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down
| Español | genuflexión |
|---|---|
| Português | genuflexão |
| Français | génuflexion |
| Deutsch | Niederknien, Kniebeuge, Kniefall |
| Italiano | genuflessione |
| Ελληνικά | γονυκλισία gonyklisía |
| Română | genuflexiune, genuflexare |
| Русский | коленопреклоне́ние kolenopreklonénije |
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