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What does genuflect mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To bend the knee, as in servitude or worship
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
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If I sometimes missed the point of some of these interpretive discoveries along the way, I could only genuflect at Lang's technical ability to make them manifest.
Mere mention of the two environmental groups, and the city and provincial officials genuflect.
All of the services genuflect before the requirements for jointness and interoperability.
Give your biretta to the first server, genuflect on the floor, and begin the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar.
If the SECOND ACOLYTE has assisted on the predella, he will descend in plano, genuflect, and return to his place.
Return to the altar, genuflect on the step, and sing the versicles and oration.

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