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Kneeling

Kneeling is a basic human position where one or both knees touch the ground. According to Merriam-Webster, kneeling is defined as "to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor". Kneeling with only one knee, and not both, is called genuflection.

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Kneeling

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related to Christianity · 23
Kneeling → Baptist, Bible, Certain, Christianity, Christians, During, Eucharist, Evangelical-Lutheran, Him, Holy Communion, In Christian, It, Jesus, Liturgy, Methodist, New Birth, New Testament, NRSV, Roman Catholic, Sacred Scripture
related to Judaism and Islam · 15
Kneeling → Amidah, Arabic, Atonement, Both, Day, Hebrew, In Islam, Islam, Judaism, Qidah, Sajdah, Sometimes, This, Though, Yom Kippur
related to European knights since the Middle Ages · 13
Kneeling → At, Church, Crown, During, Europe, However, Knighting, Middle Ages, One, The, There, Those, When
related to Christian wedding ceremonies · 12
Kneeling → Anglican, Catholic, Couples, During, Following, In Christian, Lazo, Lord's Prayer, Lutheran, Mass, Nuptial Blessing, Roman Catholic
related to Interacting with royalty · 12
Kneeling → Blanche Parry, British Royal Family, Buckingham Palace, Crown, During, However, Properly, Queen Elizabeth, Royal Family, Royal Household, They, Those
related to Health aspects of kneeling · 10
Kneeling → Chinese, East Asians, In, In East Asian, Japanese, Korean, North America, The, Vietnamese, While Caucasians
related to Kneeling in Ancient China · 8
Kneeling → After, Although, Before, Besides, Chinese, Confucianism, In, The
related to China · 7
Kneeling → China, Chinese, Emperor, In China, Kowtow, The, This
related to Genderization of kneeling in Greek ritual · 7
Kneeling → God, Greek, Greek Ritual, In, It, No, The Greek
related to Prehistoric Ecuador · 7
Kneeling → All, Bone, Coastal Ecuador, Ecuador, In, On, Prehistoric

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Kneelingis abasic human position where one or both knees touch the ground0.90text
Kneelingis aprimate behavior used to convey deference by making the figure that is kneeling appear smaller than the other0.90text
funerals or tea partiesinstance ofMany of the culturally significant and traditional events in Japanese society involve sitting positions0.80text
Chineseinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
Japaneseinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
Koreaninstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
Vietnameseinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
postures with high flexion including kneelinginstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
squatting are used more often in daily activitiesinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
while in North Americainstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
people kneel or squat less frequently in daily activitiesinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text
unless for occupationalinstance ofHealth aspects of kneelingIn East Asian cultures0.80text

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