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Definition of Kneeling
1. Noun. Supporting yourself on your knees.
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement
Derivative terms: Kneel, Kneel
Definition of Kneeling
1. Verb. (present participle of ''kneel'') ¹
2. Noun. The act by which someone kneels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kneeling
1. kneel [v] - See also: kneel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneeling
Literary usage of Kneeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Besides the many pictorial representations of kneeling prisoners, and the like,
left us by ancient art, Gen., xli, 43 and Esth., iii, 2 may be quoted to ..."
2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... continue kneeling half a minute, but comes and fils down again by his wife,
and talks to her again. We perceived then the woman very attentive ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"This homage was afterward transferred to the emperors, by bowing or kneeling,
laying hold of the imperial robe, and then pressing the hand to the lips. ..."
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