GENUFLECTION


Meaning of GENUFLECTION in English

/jen'yoo flek"sheuhn/ , n.

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

Also, esp. Brit., genuflexion .

[ 1520-30; genuflexion- (s. of genuflexio ). See GENUFLECT, -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .