"genuflection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: genuflections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} genuflection (countable and uncountable, plural genuflections)
  1. the act of genuflecting Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: genuflexion [British] Translations (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down): кле́нчанне (kljénčannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), колени́чене (koleníčene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kniebuiging [feminine] (Dutch), polvistuminen (Finnish), génuflexion [feminine] (French), Niederknien [neuter] (German), Kniebeuge [feminine] (German), Kniefall [masculine] (German), γονυκλισία (gonyklisía) [feminine] (Greek), knébeyging [feminine] (Icelandic), knéfall [feminine] (Icelandic), umhlú [masculine] (Irish), genuflessione [feminine] (Italian), klękanie [neuter] (Polish), uklęknięcie [neuter] (Polish), genuflexão [feminine] (Portuguese), genuflexiune [feminine] (Romanian), genuflexare [feminine] (Romanian), коленопреклоне́ние (kolenopreklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), genuflexión [feminine] (Spanish), колінопреклоні́ння (kolinopreklonínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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