Definition of "kneel down" []

• To kneel, especially as an act of reverence or prayer. (verb)

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• "I have given them short simple prayers, and they first learn to kneel down with me here in my room, or with Codrington in his room, But I merely said (long ago at Kohimarama), "You know you can always go into the Chapel whenever you like.""
• "Read a chapter in the same order as was prescribed in the morning; and when thou hast done, kneel down on thy knees at the bedside, or some other convenient place in thy chamber, and lifting up thy heart, thine eyes, and hands, to thy heavenly Father, in the name and mediation of his holy Son Jesus, pray to him, if thou have the gift of prayer --"
• "WHEN the time came for him to go to table, he used to kneel down in loving contemplation before the Eternal Wisdom, and beseech Him very earnestly to go with him to table and eat with him, saying: -- Most sweet"