proskynesis

When they released his arms, he went to the ground in a proskynesis.

He was still down in the proskynesis when Thorisin finally found his voice.

He stared around in no small alarm: what were people thinking of a father who had to perform a proskynesis before his son?

He also demanded that the Persians pay him proskynesis, which they did.

Their guide fell in the proskynesis before the throne.

Triphylles puffed a little as he rose from his proskynesis.

He set it down beside him while he performed a proskynesis.

He went down to his knees and then to his belly in full proskynesis.

Recognized, the man went down in full proskynesis.

Proskynesis before images is also attested in texts from the late seventh century.

They went to their knees and then to their bellies in proskynesis before him.

Leimmokheir began a second proskynesis; Thorisin stopped him with a gesture.

The proskynesis had not even occurred to him; the custom of republican Rome was to bend the knee to no man.

Tiverhios didn't go down on his belly in a full proskynesis, but he did bow himself almost double.

Callisthenes had fallen out of favor by leading the opposition to the attempt to introduce proskynesis.

To the Greeks, giving proskynesis to a mortal seemed to be a barbarian and ludicrous practice.

She really did start a proskynesis.

Men bowed low to show their respect for the Emperor; as the occasion was social rather than ceremonial, no proskynesis was required.

"It wasn't just pride, then, was it, that made you refuse me the proskynesis back in Videssos all those months ago?"

Protocol demanded that he rein in, dismount, and perform a proskynesis before addressing the Emperor.

When Osrhoenes held out the lancet to him, it was not a threat but a gesture as formal as a proskynesis.

"Your Majesty," he said to Thorisin, and went to one knee, his head bowed-not a proskynesis, but the next thing to it.

The patriarch performed no proskynesis; in the precinct of the Temple, his authority was second only to the Avtokrator's.

A frown on his long face, the Emperor repeated, "Still no proskynesis, eh, even for your head's sake?

When he was gone, the Emperor grunted in satisfaction "Now you've no one to scandalize but me by ignoring the proskynesis."