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Noun Concept
Categories: Gestures of respect, Eucharistic devotions, Bowing, Kneeling, Worship
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genuflection  genuflexion  Bend the knee  Bending of the knee  Bending the knee
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The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence WordNet 3.0
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The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Genuflection or genuflexion is the act of bending a knee to the ground, as distinguished from kneeling which more strictly involves both knees. Wikipedia
The act of dropping to one knee as a sign of worship or respect Wikipedia Disambiguation
Human positions Wikidata
An act of reverence consisting of falling onto (usually) one knee. OmegaWiki
The act of genuflecting. Wiktionary
The act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
bow
posture
kneel
DERIVATION
genuflect
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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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genuflection, genuflexion
Wikipedia
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genuflection
Wikidata
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genuflection
Wiktionary
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genuflection
OmegaWiki
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genuflection, genuflexion
Wikipedia Redirections
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Bend the knee, Bending of the knee, Bending the knee, genuflect, Genuflected, genuflecting, genuflections, genuflects, Genuflex, Genuflexio, genuflexion, genuflexions, Metany
Wikidata Alias
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genuflexion

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