Derived from ecclesiastical Latin, the term genuflexion/genuflection refers to bending which part of the body?
Genuflection be made on the left knee when made to merely human authorities, there is no such prescription in any liturgical book. Genuflection Genuflection or genuflexion is the act of bending at least one knee to the ground. From early times, it has been a gesture of deep respect for a superior. 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
Ecclesiastical Latin in Latin. In historic Protestant Churches, such as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches, Ecclesiastical Latin is often employed in sung celebrations of the Mass. Ecclesiastical Latin Ecclesiastical Latin, also called Liturgical Latin or Church Latin, is a later form of Latin used to discuss Christian thought. It was created from the vulgar Latin of the third century. Ecclesiastical Latin includes words of Greek, Hebrew, and Classical Latin origin re-purposed with Christian meaning. It is less stylized and rigid in form than Classical Latin and commonly its pronunciation is based on Italian. Ecclesiastical Latin was the language of liturgical rites