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The Major was tall, but whenever he made that wonderful, archaic genuflexion he called a bow, the corners of his frock coat swept the floor.

From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Poe, Edgar Allan

The typical "subject," hat-in-hand to his sovereign and his nobleman, is a less shameful figure than the "citizen" executing his genuflexion before the public of which he is himself a part.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

Instinctively at night, by the side of their beds, their knees bent—or there is some genuflexion in their heart which answers just as well—they drop into the attitude of prayer.

From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)

I'm High and you're Broad, and there was a serious question about candles and a genuflexion, and so we decided on the registry office, which, after all, is much cheaper.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

Her fingers dipped in holy water and a genuflexion duly made, she would glide over the flags, between the rows of chairs, as softly as a cat steals across a carpeted floor.

From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de