Definition of "genuflected" [genuflected]

• Simple past tense and past participle of genuflect. (verb)

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• "Even Leonard Bernstein genuflected, as host of a CBS special on rock."
• "Amongst themselves however, it was a veritable love fest as the dais genuflected at Ronald Reagan's altar, strictly honoring his 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans.""
• "The Pope was then led, while the Te Deum was sung, to the Holy Sepulchre itself, into which, after having genuflected before it, he entered and spent several minutes in silent prayer."