genuflect

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İngilizce - Türkçe
diz çökmek
diz çök
f., Hrist. (ibadette) diz çökmek
(fiil) diz çökmek
diz çökmek (ibadette)

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genuflect before
önünde diz çökmek
genuflection
{i} diz çökme
genuflection
(isim) diz çökme
genuflection
{i} (özellikle ibadet ederken) diz çökme
İngilizce - İngilizce
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

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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