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What is a prostration?

What is a prostration? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act or condition of prostrating (lying flat) oneself, as a sign of humility.
  2. A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests.
  3. Being laid face down (prone).
  4. The condition of being prostrated, as from heat.
  5. A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.
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But Gephardt's campaign essentially collapsed, demonstrating the utter prostration of the trade union bureaucracy.
In the facing of this offensive against the working class, the trade unions have demonstrated their complete prostration to the powers that be.
The mark of their Faith is on their faces from the traces of prostration during prayers.
This prostration is symptomatic of the present social dynamic in American bourgeois politics.
The second kind of prostration is done out of the sincerity of your heart, not with a seeking mind.
The second salam occurs outside the prayer and so there is no reasonfor prostration.

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