genuflect

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von genuflect im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: diz çökmek; diz çök; f., Hrist. (ibadette) diz çökmek; (fiil) diz çökmek; diz çökmek (ibadette)
genuflect before: önünde diz çökmek
genuflection: {i} diz çökme
genuflection: (isim) diz çökme
genuflection: {i} (özellikle ibadet ederken) diz çökme

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von genuflect im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To behave in a servile manner; to grovel; To bend the knee, as in servitude or worship; {f} bow; kneel; disapproval You can say that someone is genuflecting to something when they are giving it a great deal of attention and respect, especially if you think it does not deserve this. They refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy. = bow down; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner; bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image; To bend the knee, as in worship; If you genuflect, you bend one or both knees and bow, especially in church, as a sign of respect. He genuflected in front of the altar
genuflection: {n} an act of religious kneeling
genuflected: past of genuflect
genuflecting: present participle of genuflect
genuflection: {i} bowing; kneeling
genuflection: A sign of reverence and respect that should be given to the Eucharist
genuflection: Act of reverence to the presence of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine, made by touching the right knee to the floor
genuflection: the act of genuflecting
genuflection: From the Latin words genu, meaning "knee," and flectere, meaning "to bend " A genuflection is a sort of deep curtsey where the right knee touches the ground The appropriate times for genuflection (if you do it at all) are when passing before the Reserved Sacrament, when entering or leaving your pew when the consecrated bread and wine are on the altar, and in the Nicene Creed at the words, "who for us and our salvation "
genuflection: the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
genuflection: The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship
genuflects: third-person singular of genuflect

genuflect

Silbentrennung

ge·nu·flect

Synonyme

bend the knees, curtsy, stoop, bow

Aussprache

Etymologie

[ 'jen-y&-"flekt ] (intransitive verb.) 1630. From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“I bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).