Definition of Kneeler

1. Noun. A person in a kneeling position.

Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Kneel

2. Noun. A board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on.
Generic synonyms: Board
Derivative terms: Kneel

Definition of Kneeler

1. n. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.

Definition of Kneeler

1. Noun. A person who kneels. ¹

2. Noun. A thing that is designed to be kneeled on. ¹

3. Noun. An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kneeler

1. one that kneels [n -S] - See also: kneels

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneeler

kneedness
kneehole
kneehole desk
kneeholes
kneeing
kneeings
kneejerk
kneejerks
kneejoint
kneejointed
kneejoints
kneel
kneel before
kneel down
kneeled
kneeler (current term)
kneelers
kneeless
kneelike
kneeling
kneeling chair
kneeling chairs
kneelingly
kneelings
kneels
kneen
kneepad
kneepads
kneepan
kneepans

Literary usage of Kneeler

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

1. Old Cottages, Farm-houses, and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold by Edward Guy Dawber (1905)
"65, 69, 70), and the early Gothic example on the tithe barn at Longborough (Fig. 66). FIG. 74. kneeler FROM DEDDINGTON, OXON. FIG. 75. kneeler FROM CRETTON ..."

2. The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, Southwestern Asia, and by James Francis Katherinus Hewitt (1894)
"This is a most accurate description of the attitude of the kneeler and of ... These show the hero of the constellation of the kneeler as trailing his bent ..."

3. Philosophumena: Or, the Refutation of All Heresies by Hippolytus, Origen (1921)
"But he says there are placed on either side of him (I mean the kneeler) ... But the kneeler seems to stretch forth his hands on cither side and here to 125. ..."

4. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"The other players struck with the open palm the hands of the blindfolded one, one player at a time, after each stroke the kneeler being expected to say who ..."

5. The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: In Ten Books by Vitruvius Pollio (1860)
"Near the middle of the head of Ophiuchus is the head of the kneeler; their heads are ... The foot of the kneeler is placed on the temple of the Serpent, ..."

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