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genuflection

American  
[jen-yoo-flek-shuhn] / ˌdʒɛn yʊˈflɛk ʃən /
especially British, genuflexion

noun

  1. an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.

Etymology

Origin of genuflection

First recorded in 1520–30, genuflection is from the Medieval Latin word genūflexiōn- (stem of genūflexiō ). See genuflect, -ion

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