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Definisjon av genuflection

Vi fant 4 definisjoner av genuflection på engelsk.

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Noun
genuflection - the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
genuflexion
bowing, obeisance, bow managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
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Substantiv
genuflection - The act of genuflecting.

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  • Genuflection (or genuflexion), bending at least one knee to the ground, was from early times a gesture of deep respect for a superior. In 328 BC, Alexander the Great introduced into his court etiquette some form of genuflection already in use in Persia. In the Byzantine Empire even senators were required to genuflect to the emperor.

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  • genuflection
    An act of reverence consisting of falling onto (usually) one knee.

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