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To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect.
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Catholic AnswerA genuflection is an act of Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, and an act of respect to a prelate of the Catholic Church. One lowers one knee to the ground, touch the ground with that knee, and then arise.from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980Genuflection. Bending of the knee as an act of reverence. Customary when passing before the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle, entering the pew for divine worship, and during certain ceremonies to the Cross. A double genuflection of both knees simultaneously was commonly made before the Blessed Sacrament exposed in a monstrance. The new directive since the Second Vatican Council specifies: "One knee is bent before the Blessed Sacrament, whether reserved in the tabernacle or exposed for public adoration" (Eucharistiae Sacramentum, 1973, number 84). Genuflections are also made to the Pope, to a cardinal, and to a bishop in his own diocese.
Note: Genuflection to the Blessed Sacrament is made on the right knee, genuflection to a prelate is made on the left knee.
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How would you use genuflect in a sentence?
Billy would genuflect whenever he went to church.
How can you make a sentence with the word genuflect in it?
It was always the habit of Mr Jones to genuflect when enterning the church.
Do you genuflect when you go into a church that is not Catholic?
Catholics genuflect to honor the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. Protestants generally do not have the Blessed Sacrament present in the church so there would be no need to genuflect.
Where is the accented syllables of genuflect?
the first
What is kneeling on one knee called?
Genuflect
Which syllable is the accented syllable in genuflect?
The first.
Why do Catholics genuflect in church?
Catholics genuflect in Church ONLY if the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the sanctuary. In other words, they are genuflecting to God physically present in the front of their Church. As protestants don't even believe that this is physically possible, despite Our Blessed Lord's repeated assertion in the 6th chapter of St. John's Gospel, then why would they genuflect? You genuflect to God, protestants do not believe that God is in their "churches" so is no need for them to genuflect.
Where can you find a sentence with the word genuflect in it?
Probably in a Roman Catholic book of instructions. To genuflect is to bow or kneel while "crossing oneself", or making the sign of the cross.
What is the syllabication of the verb genuflect?
The word "genuflect" is divided as ge·nu·flect.
What words end in flect?
deflect, reflect, inflect, genuflect...
When do you genuflect on two knees?
We stand during the Creed, and during the words "by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of ther virgin Mary and became man" we bow. However,on Christmas and on the Annunciation of the Lord, we genuflect during those words
Do Hindus genuflect?
Some do, some don't. It all depends on the Hindu.
