Meaning & use
prostrations
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Acts of lying face down on the ground, especially as a gesture of submission, worship, or exhaustion.
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The pilgrims performed a series of prostrations before the shrine.
After days without rest, his prostrations from sheer fatigue worried the medics.
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Common in religious practice, such as Muslim salat and Buddhist full-body bows, where prostration signals humility before the divine.
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