genuflect
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genuflect /ˈdʒɛnjʊflɛkt/
▶verb lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground in worship or as a sign of respect.
– derivatives
genuflection (also genuflexion) noun,
genuflector noun.
genuflection (also genuflexion) noun,
genuflector noun.
– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as genuflection): from eccles. L. genuflectere, from L. genu ‘knee’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
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