Genuflection or genuflexion is the act of bending a knee to the ground, as distinguished from kneeling which more strictly involves both knees. From early times, it has been a gesture of deep respect for a superior. Today, the gesture is common in the Christian religious practices of the Anglicanism,[1] Lutheranism,[2] the Catholic Church,[3] and Western Rite Orthodoxy.[4] The Latin word genuflectio, from which the English word is derived, originally meant kneeling with both knees rather than the rapid dropping to one knee and immediately rising that became customary in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. It is often referred to as "going down on one knee" or "bowing the knee".[5] In Western culture, one genuflects on the left knee to a human dignitary, whether ecclesiastical or civil, while, in Christian churches and chapels, one genuflects on the right knee when the Sacrament is not exposed but in a tabernacle or veiled (conversely, one kneels with both knees if the Sacrament is exposed).
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shoulders for the genuflection. The present Catholic liturgical books exclude genuflecting to a bishop during the liturgy: "A genuflection, made by bending...
Christi), as the Holy of Holies. By custom, It is adored with genuflection; with a double genuflection, that is a short moment of kneeling on both knees, if in...
anniversary of his famous gesture. Brandt was repeatedly interviewed about the genuflection and about his motives. He later noted that: (German original) "Am Abgrund...
the Creed) genuflection, and kneeling are all prescribed in the liturgy at various points. In addition, there are two forms of genuflection, depending...
idea that in any church you go, you see a man on a cross and everyone genuflects and prays to him ... in a way it's paganism/idolatry because people are...
on 24 May 1247. Embassy's disrespect and Ascelin's refusal to triple genuflection angered Baiju, he insulted the pope and demanded his submission as well...
them. They made those who had heads bow their heads, and who had knees genuflect them. In the east up to the Kadyrkhan common people, in the west up to...
Merriam-Webster. Kneeling when only composed of one knee, and not both, is called genuflection. Kneeling is a primate behavior used to convey deference by making the...
Churches Quarterly. 9. Ramsgate, Kent: St. Augustine's Abbey: 263. Genuflections, lace albs and surplices, etc., are common. Eternal Word Television...
The physical act ranged from full-fledged prostration or alternatively genuflection, a bow, or a simple greeting that concretized the relative positions...
Taking a knee can refer to Genuflection, the act of dropping to one knee as a sign of worship or respect Taking the knee, a form of anti-racism protest...
kiza, so as not to sprain the instep jumping up directly from seiza. Genuflection Kowtow Vajrasana (yoga) "IroMegane: Is Seiza really the traditional way...
for women to perform a curtsey by bending the knees instead of a bow. Genuflection (or genuflexion) is bending at least one knee to the ground, was from...
and either the Preface or all of the Eucharistic Prayer. Anglicans may genuflect or cross themselves in the same way as Roman Catholics. Other more traditional...
under both kinds Eucharistic fast First Communion Frequent Communion Genuflection Head cover Host desecration Infant communion Intinction Reserved sacrament...
contexts in the African diaspora, particularly in Brazil and Cuba. Bowing Genuflection Salat Subordinate Zemnoy poklon Dawood, Bishoy (8 December 2013). "Stand...
disabled Communion under both kinds Eucharistic fast First Communion Genuflection Head cover Host desecration Infant communion Reserved sacrament Sign...
the pope's tomb by Camillo Rusconi (completed 1723); Antonio Lilio is genuflecting before the pope, presenting his printed calendar. The Gregorian calendar...
Church (n. 1381). This Eucharistic hymn was generally chanted with a genuflection in front of the Blessed Sacrament. The hymn is typically used as an Eucharistic...
invocation of the symbol. The sign of the cross associated with Christian genuflection is made with one hand: in Eastern Orthodox tradition the sequence is...
interfering in the affairs of other people. It discourages subservience and genuflection to those who are powerful. Adyghe Khabze encourages respecting the opinions...
Sarum missal calls for a low bow as an act of reverence, rather than the genuflection. The ritual of Sarum Use has influenced even churches that do not use...
November 2017. Fokin SI (2013). "Otto Bütschli (1848–1920) Where we will genuflect?" (PDF). Protistology. 8 (1): 22–35. Maderspacher, Florian (2008). "Theodor...
well as being "attacked by sections of the black press for supposedly genuflecting to white culture". The 1970 tours included the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival...
under both kinds Eucharistic fast First Communion Frequent Communion Genuflection Head cover Host desecration Infant communion Intinction Reserved sacrament...
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