Prostration - Wikipedia Prostration is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position Typically prostration is distinguished from the lesser acts of bowing or kneeling by involving a part of the body above the knee, especially the hands, touching the ground
PROSTRATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary prostration noun [C or U] (VERY TIRED) the state of having no strength or ability to do anything, for example because you are very ill, very tired, or very upset:
Prostration Definition, Meaning Usage | FineDictionary. com Prostration The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship
prostration - Wiktionary, the free dictionary The act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying face-down), as a sign of humility A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests, in which the ordinand lies prostrate in a gesture of submission to the will of God
Prostration to God and Humans—A Biblical Practice The custom to kneel and perform prostration holds only on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, when reciting the Aleinu prayer, and on Yom Kippur during the Avodah prayer, in a passage that commemorates and reenacts the prostration that was performed in the Temple on Yom Kippur
Prostration - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com When a Catholic kneels to pray in church, or a Muslim bows his head to touch the ground during prayers, it's an act of prostration, or making yourself humble before a god or religious figure