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Webster 1828 Edition

Genuflection

GENUFLEC'TION

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Noun.

[L. genu,the knee, and flectio, a bending.]

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

Definition 2024

genuflection

genuflection

English

Alternative forms

genuflexion (British)

Noun

genuflection ‎(plural genuflections)

the act of genuflecting

Translations

the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down

Bulgarian: коленичене n ‎(koleničene)
French: génuflexion (fr) f
German: Niederknien n, Kniebeuge (de) f, Kniefall (de) m
Greek: γονυκλισία (el) f ‎(gonyklisía)
Icelandic: knébeyging f, knéfall f

Irish: umhlú m
Italian: genuflessione (it) f
Portuguese: genuflexão (pt) f
Romanian: genuflexiune (ro) f, genuflexare
Spanish: genuflexión (es) f