kneeling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniːlɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
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Etymology 2
From Middle English knelinge, kneweling, kneolunge, equivalent to kneel + -ing.
Noun
kneeling (plural kneelings)
- The act by which someone kneels.
- 2003, Marcella Althaus-Reid, The queer God (page 11)
- A whole symbolic sexual order is obviously manifested in kneelings as positions of subordination […]
- 2003, Marcella Althaus-Reid, The queer God (page 11)
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