What is "genuflect"

Usage examples of "genuflect".

While Father Looney was in the sacristy, tugging his vestments on with impatient grunts, I would enter alone and genuflect as I passed before the tabernacle lamp.

Malaguans in sight of this miraculous event genuflected, crossed themselves in awe, and recited the Toltecan Creed, expecting the rapture of Quetzalcoatl to carry them to paradise at any moment.

The Vicar pulled me down, Father Wiehnke cuffed me, Mama wept at me, Father Wiehnke whispered at me, the Vicar genuflected and bobbed up and took the drumsticks away from Jesus, genuflected again with the drumsticks and bobbed up again for the drum, took the drum away from Little Lord Jesus, cracked his halo, jostled his watering can, broke off a bit of cloud, tumbled down the steps, and genuflected once more.

She paid them no mind as she genuflected, made the sign of the cross, then kissed the figure of the Blessed Jesus hanging from the end of her robe before heading toward the confessionals in the back of the room.

I knew who fucked and sucked and licked and dicked and boozed and coozed and injected and elected to genuflect to their basest desires.

By the time they're all stretching out, lined up in rows along the service-and baselines, flexing and bowing, genuflecting to nothing, changing postures at the sound of a whistle, by this time the sky has lightened to the color of Kaopectate.

Pushing from the altar rail, the old priest stood and genuflected to the tabernacle.

Isozaki came forward quickly, genuflected, and kissed the Cardinal's ring.

Peter's Basilica was awash in scarlet and purple and black and white this morning as the eighty-three cardinals soon to be sealed in the Conclave bowed, prayed, genuflected, knelt, stood, and sang.

The Mercantilus CEO's dipped fingers in the stone font holding holy water, crossed themselves, genuflected toward the altar, and went to their knees on the cushions.

The Secretary of State walked to a place near the Pope's chair, genuflected toward the altar, and crossed himself as he crossed the aisle.

He carried it with such casual pomp that the monk, if he had not been kneeling, might have genuflected as the object drifted by.

With frantic hands, he removed the Christ-filled ciborium from the tabernacle, genuflected again before the Presence, grabbed up the Body of his God and ran for it.

Kurnos genuflected to the idol, kissing the platinum medallion that hung at his throat then pressing it to the god’s glistening feet.

Hurriedly she genuflected toward the golden shrine in the vestiary’s corner, then parted the curtains and stepped through.