Word Meanings - KNELT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of Kneel.

KNEELER
A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship. (more info) 1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson. 2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.
KNEEL
To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer. Taylor.
KNEELINGLY
In a kneeling position.