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- Proskynesis (/ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs/), also called proscynesis (/ˌprɒsɪˈniːsɪs/) or proskinesis (/ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs/; Gr****: προσκύνησις proskýnēsis; Latin: adoratio)...
- against the adoption of proskynesis. Callisthenes argued that Alexander was not entitled to receive divine honors, such as the proskynesis from his followers...
- proskynetarion (Gr**** προσκυνητάριον, plural proskynetaria; from προσκύνησις, proskynesis, lit. 'kiss towards something') is a term suggesting worship and reverence...
- official. The Council determined that the honorary veneration (timētikē proskynēsis) of icons was permitted, and that the true adoration (alēthinē latreia)...
- elements of Persian dress and customs at his court, notably the custom of proskynesis, either a symbolic kissing of the hand, or prostration on the ground...
- genuflection already in use in Persia, a modification to the tradition of Proskynesis. In the Byzantine Empire even senators were required to genuflect to...
- more based on the systematized honors offered to the kings (sacrifice, proskynesis, statues, altars, hymns) which put them on par with the gods (isotheism)...
- bowing in the Eastern Orthodox Church originating from Jewish low bowing Proskynesis Dogeza, prostration in ****anese culture Kowtow, prostration in Chinese...
- king, one was expected to prostrate oneself before him, also known as proskynesis. The king's guards were known as the pushtigban. On other occasions,...
- European practice Sujud, prostration to Allah General: Hand-kissing Proskynesis Prostration Salute Formerly, historians illustrated the abjectness of...