genuflecting

  • 1Genuflecting — Genuflect Gen u*flect , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2genuflecting — gen·u·flect || dÊ’enjuːflekt v. bow; kneel …

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  • 3Genuflection — 1909 drawing of Hermod genuflecting before Hela, from Norse mythology …

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  • 4Kneeling and Genuflection —     Genuflexion     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Genuflexion     To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonu klinein or kamptein] expresses:     ♦ an attitude     ♦ a gesture: involving, like prostration,… …

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  • 5genuflect — [[t]ʤe̱njʊflekt[/t]] genuflects, genuflecting, genuflected 1) VERB If you genuflect, you bend one or both knees and bow, especially in church, as a sign of respect. [FORMAL] He genuflected in front of the altar. 2) VERB (disapproval) You can say… …

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  • 6Gloria in Excelsis Deo — • The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form . It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ s birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this verse others were added very early, forming a doxology Catholic… …

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  • 7Genuflect — Gen u*flect , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8Genuflected — Genuflect Gen u*flect , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Schottische — The schottische is a partnered country dance, that apparently originated in Bohemia[citation needed]. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as… …

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  • 10Pontifical High Mass — In the context of the Tridentine Mass of the Roman Catholic Church, a Pontifical High Mass, also called Solemn Pontifical Mass, is a Solemn or High Mass celebrated by a bishop using certain prescribed ceremonies. The term is also used among Anglo …

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