genuflection

countable uncountable

the act of genuflecting

Japanese Meaning

膝をつく行為

At the end of the cathedral service, she made a quiet genuflection before the altar.

礼拝の終わりに、彼女は祭壇の前でそっと膝をついた。

Sense（1）

the act of genuflecting

Those impious Pigs,

Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn

The settled Swellfoot system, or to make

Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions

Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt

Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.

genuflections

（ plural ）