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genuflect
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Definition:to bend at the knees, when in prayer or submission
photo: By U.S. Navy,Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=309644
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I glanced behind, to see one of the young monks whose name I didn’t know genuflecting near the rear entrance.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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And he went into the church making a genuflexion as soon as he reached the door.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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a garage said in its sleep— genuflection lubricity; and corrected itself to Gulflex Lubrication.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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