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proskinesis

proskinesis is the alternative form of proskynesis.

Meaning of proskynesis

Noun

proskynesis (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The act of bowing down before a lord or ruler, especially in ancient Persia.
    • The participants in turn drank a toast, performed proskynesis and received a kiss from the king.1993, AB Bosworth, Conquest and Empire, page 285
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The level of veneration properly given to God's creations rather than to God himself.
    • The Carolingian theologians rejected adoration of images but paid too little attention to the fine distinction between latria, the adoration due to God alone, and proskynesis, the reverence paid to the image.1975, Karl Rahner, Encyclopedia of Theology, page 684

Questions about proskinesis

What is proskinesis the alternative form of?
Proskinesis is the alternative form of proskynesis.

Words near proskinesis in the dictionary

  1. Prosise
  2. Prosises
  3. prosist
  4. prosists
  5. prosit
  6. proskinesis
  7. proskynesis
  8. proskynetarion
  9. proskynitarion
  10. proslambanomenoi
  11. proslambanomenos

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