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genuflection

[ UK /d‍ʒˌɛnəflˈɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

How To Use genuflection In A Sentence

  • When will Obama-worshippers cross the “threshold of decerebrate genuflection”? Immigration reform: Obama and Congress vs. the citizens of the United States
  • Care should be taken to instruct the faithful that genuflection is the appropriate sign of adoration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, “whether reserved in the tabernacle or exposed for public adoration.” Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend: "Concerning the Central Placement and Noble Design of Tabernacles..."
  • I guess this is the kind of genuflection to political correctness that these guys feel they have to make," he told Adelaide's The Advertiser newspaper, speaking of Rudd's Labor party. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • There were occasional genuflections to the original, for the edification of purist snobs.
  • Should we marvel then at the Cynics and the hippies, the Rousseaus and the Gauguins, sensitive souls that pilgrimaged towards incorporeal spirit, but found the altar crowded with genuflections before idolatrous matter? In Quest of Happiness
  • Before or after Mass, when the tabernacle is visible somewhere in the church, genuflection should be directed towards it. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend: "Concerning the Central Placement and Noble Design of Tabernacles..."
  • Tommy Hilfiger, the man himself, appears in Veronique's office flanked by a retinue of fragrance exec dandies, greeted by general genuflection and bustle. Grace Dent's TV OD: Perfume
  • The party's automatic genuflection to the public employees' unions is one of its great embarrassments.
  • Contemporary Hollywood movies often make subtle genuflections to the great film-makers of the past.
  • A bend of the body and a genuflection were the appropriate answer of the Ethiopian to these observations. The Talisman
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