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Definition of Genuflections
1. genuflection [n] - See also: genuflection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genuflections
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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