Get to know Genuflection better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like bow or bowing.
Genuflection in a sentence
Genuflection meaning
The act of genuflecting.
Using Genuflection
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of genuflecting.
- Useful related words include: genuflexion, bow, bowing, obeisance.
Context around Genuflection
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Genuflection
- In this selection, "genuflection" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hollow, organs, short and kneeling stand out and add context to how "genuflection" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include israel whose genuflection short of and office of genuflection kneeling prayer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "genuflection" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with genuflection
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Puritans objected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs, genuflection), which they castigated as " popish pomp and rags". (24 words)
It is celebrated at the time of ninth hour (3:00pm) on the Sunday of Pentecost by a special three-segment prayer known as the "Office of Genuflection (Kneeling Prayer)". (30 words)
The pessimists fear he might abandon even the hollow genuflection that the US still makes to the idea of a creating an independent Palestine alongside Israel – the so-called two state solution. (32 words)
It would be hard to single out who won the race to express the greatest love of Israel, whose genuflection short of lying prone on the floor and whose statements represented the greatest violation of international law. (37 words)
The pessimists fear he might abandon even the hollow genuflection that the US still makes to the idea of a creating an independent Palestine alongside Israel – the so-called two state solution. (32 words)
It is celebrated at the time of ninth hour (3:00pm) on the Sunday of Pentecost by a special three-segment prayer known as the "Office of Genuflection (Kneeling Prayer)". (30 words)
Example sentences (4)
The pessimists fear he might abandon even the hollow genuflection that the US still makes to the idea of a creating an independent Palestine alongside Israel – the so-called two state solution.
It would be hard to single out who won the race to express the greatest love of Israel, whose genuflection short of lying prone on the floor and whose statements represented the greatest violation of international law.
It is celebrated at the time of ninth hour (3:00pm) on the Sunday of Pentecost by a special three-segment prayer known as the "Office of Genuflection (Kneeling Prayer)".
The Puritans objected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs, genuflection), which they castigated as " popish pomp and rags".