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Definition of Prostration

Prostration
Prostration Pros*tra"tion, n. [L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration.] 1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body. 2. 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. A greater prostration of reason than of body. --Shak. 3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. ``A sudden prostration of strength.' --Arbuthnot. 4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor. Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers. The word, however, is often used to denote any great depression of the vital powers.

Meaning of Prostration from wikipedia

- Prostration is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position. Typically prostration is distinguished from the lesser...
- Look up prostration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prostration is a body gesture. It may also refer to: The Prostration - a Surah of the Quran. Prostration...
- A prostration (Pali: panipāta, Skt.: namas-kara, Ch.: 禮拜, lǐbài, Jp.: raihai) is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem...
- The prostration of recitation (Arabic: سجود التلاوة, sujud tilawa) is a prostration (sujud) which occurs during the ritual Tilawa of Quran in Salah or...
- [ˈsadʒda(tu)]), also known as sijda, sejda or shejda is the act of low bowing or prostration to (God) facing the qiblah (direction of the Kaaba at Mecca). It is usually...
- The Prostration of thanksgiving (Arabic: سجود الشكر, sujud shukr) is a prostration (sujud) which is made to thank God. The madhhab school of Islamic jurisprudence...
- the prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. The formula is based on prostration, namely...
- In Islam, angels (Arabic: ملاك٬ ملك‎, romanized: malāk; plural: ملائِكة‎, malāʾik/malāʾikah or Persian: فرشته, romanized: firis̲h̲ta) are believed to be...
- also used in Urdu) and sejde gāh (Persian: سجدہ گاہ, lit. 'place of prostration', also used in Urdu), is a small piece of soil or clay, often a clay...
- "kowtow foreign policy". In general, dogeza is translated into English as "prostration" or "kowtow". In the ****anese social consciousness, the act of sitting...