Definition of Genuflections

1. Noun. (plural of genuflection) ¹

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Definition of Genuflections

1. genuflection [n] - See also: genuflection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genuflections

genu of corpus callosum
genu of facial canal
genu of facial nerve
genu of internal capsule
genu recurvatum
genu valgum
genu valgums
genu varum
genua
genual
genucubital position
genuflect
genuflected
genuflecting
genuflection
genuflections (current term)
genuflective
genuflects
genuflexion
genuflexions
genuine
genuine fake
genuine fakes
genuine issue of material fact
genuine issues of material fact
genuinely
genuineness
genuinenesses
genupectoral position

Literary usage of Genuflections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers.: To which is Added Porsoniana by Samuel Rogers, Alexander Dyce, William Maltby (1856)
"... whispered in her ear, " If you continue to flirt with my husband, I'll be the death of you;" and then, as softly, returned to her genuflections. ..."

2. Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers.: To which is Added Porsoniana by Samuel Rogers, Alexander Dyce, William Maltby (1856)
"... whispered in her ear, " If you continue to flirt with my husband, I'll be the death of you;" and then, as softly, returned to her genuflections. ..."

3. Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the by John Henry Newman (1891)
"... the annunciation of a choice that had been long before determined, in proportion to the scrapings, grins and genuflections of the several competitors. ..."

4. Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Helps (1871)
"... rood-screens, and genuflections, are made to be matters of the utmost importance ; and all the while the really great questions are in abeyance. ..."

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