genuflectionn.
/dʒɛnjuːˈflɛkʃɛn/ a. The action of kneeling or bending the knee, esp. in worship.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > [noun]
kneelingc1200
genuflection1526
geniculation1611
adgeniculation1637
society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > kneeling, bowing, or prostration
kneelingc1200
genuflection1526
adgeniculation1637
flexion1862
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPii With genuflections or knelynges..to aske the mercy of god.
1611 J. Davies in T. Coryate Crudities sig. i4v With cap in hand, and lowly genuflexion.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 51 He does not controvert the Genuflexion at the Supper of the Lord.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 188 The very way the learned Author so much insists upon, namely genuflexion.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 96 After many genuflections and muttered prayers.
1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 75 Our fast mare..nearly pitched me on to the splashboard..by a genuflection, which broke both her knees.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (at cited word) A double genuflexion—i.e. one on both knees—is made on entering or leaving a church, where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
b. Surgery. A forcible bending of the knee as a curative measure in popliteal aneurysm.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [noun] > forcible knee bending
genuflection1870
1870 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) III. 602 Before other severer measures are tried, genuflexion ought undoubtedly to be attempted.
1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Forcible Genuflexion, the forcible bending of the knee-joint.
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