Definitions for prostration
pros·tra·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collapse, prostrationnoun

   an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

   "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

2. prostrationnoun

   abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

3. prostrationnoun

   the act of assuming a prostrate position

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. prostrationnoun

   The act or condition of prostrating (lying flat) oneself, as a sign of humility.

2. prostrationnoun

   A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests.

   The ordination ceremony includes a variety of rituals, rich in meaning and history, e.g., the prostration, laying on of hands, anointing of hands, giving of the chalice and paten, and sign of peace. Diocese of Rochester, NY

3. prostrationnoun

   Being laid face down (prone).

4. prostrationnoun

   The condition of being prostrated, as from heat.

5. prostrationnoun

   A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostrationnoun

   Etymology: prosternation, Fr. from prostrate.

   1. The act of falling down in adoration.

   Nor is only a resolved prostration unto antiquity, a powerful enemy unto knowledge, but any confident adherence unto authority. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   The worship of the Gods had been kept up in temples, with altars, images, sacrifices, hymns and prostrations. Edward Stillingfleet.

   The truths, they had subscribed to in speculation, they reversed by a brutish senseless devotion, managed with a greater prostration of reason than of body. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. Dejection; depression.

   A sudden prostration of strength or weakness attends this colick. Arbuthnot.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostration

   Prostration is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position. Typically prostration is distinguished from the lesser acts of bowing or kneeling by involving a part of the body above the knee, especially the hands, touching the ground. Major world religions employ prostration as an act of submissiveness or worship to a supreme being or other worshiped entity (i.e. God), as in the metanoia in Christian prayer used in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and the sajdah of the Islamic prayer, salat. In various cultures and traditions, prostrations are similarly used to show respect to rulers, civil authorities and social elders or superiors, as in the Chinese kowtow or Ancient Greek proskynesis. The act has often traditionally been an important part of religious, civil and traditional rituals and ceremonies, and remains in use in many cultures.

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1. prostration

   Prostration is an act of lying stretched out on the ground or bowing down very low as a form of respect, submission, worship, or surrender. It often refers to a religious, cultural or symbolic gesture of utmost humility or adoration.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostrationnoun

   the act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body

2. Prostrationnoun

   the act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship

3. Prostrationnoun

   the condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits

4. Prostrationnoun

   a latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor

5. Etymology: [L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration.]

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1. Prostration

   A prostration is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem and other objects of veneration. Among Buddhists prostration is believed to be beneficial for practitioners for several reasons, including: ⁕an experience of giving or veneration ⁕an act to purify defilements, especially conceit ⁕a preparatory act for meditation ⁕an act that accumulates merit In contemporary Western Buddhism, some teachers use prostrations as a practice unto itself, while other teachers relegate prostrations to customary liturgical ritual, ancillary to meditation. Prostrations may also be subsumed within sadhana repetitions of various vinyasa forms of yogic discipline, such as Trul Khor, e.g. Importantly, vinyasa forms were directly influenced from Buddhist 'impermanence' as was the language of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras informed by Buddhist discourse.

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1. • Illness
   • Motion
   • Submission

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prostration in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prostration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of prostration in a Sentence

1. Lewis Carroll:

   There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prostration
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prostration
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prostration
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostration
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prostration
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prostration