What is "genuflects"

Usage examples of "genuflects".

The Arch-Vicar genuflects, lights the candle, makes the sign of the horns, then comes back to where Dr.

As each Knight's name is called, the newly appointed Knight approaches the altar, genuflects, and kneels in the great space before His Holiness.

Father Captain de Soya genuflects toward the altar and then joins Father Sapieha by the gurney, where the courier is sitting up.

And the way he genuflects before kissing Iceheart's proffered hand shows this Convarion is nothing if not proper.