Obs. [n. of action, f. L. adgeniculā-ri, f. ad to + genicul-us a little knee: see GENICULATION.] A kneeling to or towards.
1636. Abp. J. Williams, Holy Table, v. 164. And as much more is the man deceiv’d in his other conjecture, That this Adgeniculation was before the Altar, when they came for Absolution.
1643. Slatyer, Compleat Christian, V. ii. 665. It is our case, and so that reverence of ours, as we conceive also of the adgeniculation of the ancients, the treble prostration of the Grecians before or towards the holy Table, is to the onely true God.
1659. Lestrange, Alliance Div. Off. 487. Consequently no Adgeniculation at the Altars indulged to the very faithfull themselves.
