proskynesis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of bowing down before a lord or ruler, especially in ancient Persia. historical,uncountable
    — The participants in turn drank a toast, performed proskynesis and received a kiss from the king.
  2. The level of veneration properly given to God's creations rather than to God himself. uncountable
    — The Carolingian theologians rejected adoration of images but paid too little attention to the fine distinction between latria, the adoration due to God alone, and proskynesis, the reverence paid to the image.

词形变化

proscynesis alternative

词源

From Ancient Greek προσκύνησις (proskúnēsis).
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