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Genuflection
Genuflection (or genuflexion), bending at least one knee to the ground, was from early times a gesture of deep respect for a superior. In 328 BC, Alexander the Great introduced into his court-etiquette some form of genuflection already in use in Persia.〔(Andrew Chugg, Alexander's Lovers ISBN 1-4116-9960-2, ISBN 978-1-4116-9960-1, p. 103 )〕 In the Byzantine Empire even senators were required to genuflect to the emperor.〔(James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian ISBN 0-415-23726-2, ISBN 978-0-415-23726-0, p. 101 )〕 In medieval Europe, one demonstrated respect for a king or noble by going down on one knee,〔(Why Do Catholics Do That? )〕 often remaining there until told to rise. It is traditionally often performed in western cultures by a male making a proposal of marriage. Today, the gesture is common in the Christian religious practices of the Anglican Church,〔 Lutheran Church,〔 Roman Catholic Church,〔 and Western Rite Orthodox Church.〔
The Latin word ''genuflectio'', from which the English word is derived, originally meant kneeling rather than the rapid dropping to one knee and immediately rising that became customary in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.〔(Ceremonial Customs )〕
== In Christianity ==
Genuflection, typically on one knee, still plays a part in the Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Western Rite Orthodox traditions, among other churches; it is different from kneeling in prayer, which is more widespread. Its role declined somewhat in the late 20th century. Those, such as the aged, for whom the gesture is difficult are not expected to perform it.
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