Definitions for genuflections

genuflections gen·u·flec·tion

Spelling: [jen-yoo-flek-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌdʒɛn yʊˈflɛk ʃən/

Genuflections is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1644 anagrams from letters in genuflections (ceefgilnnostu).

Definitions for genuflections

noun

  1. an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.

Origin of genuflections

First recorded in 1520-30, genuflection is from the Medieval Latin word genūflexiōn- (stem of genūflexiō). See genuflect, -ion

Examples for genuflections

genuflection before the idol or before money wastes away the muscles which walk and the will which advances.

The porter greeted each sovereign with a genuflection, the lowest being the twelfth.

Ixtlilxochitli made a second genuflection, and resumed his way.

He grovelled again, and shuffled off, turning at every few steps to make a genuflection.

A bend of the body and a genuflection were the appropriate answer of the Ethiopian to these observations.

Whereupon the pony went down on its knees in the sawdust in a genuflection to the man with the whip.

It would seem that such a genuflection must be, of necessity, ridiculous.

The High Priestess rose from her genuflection and Forrester followed suit.

Word Value for genuflections
Scrable

18

Words with friends

24

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