genuflection vs genuflexion what difference

what is difference between genuflection and genuflexion

English

Alternative forms

• genuflexion (British)

Noun

genuflection (countable and uncountable, plural genuflections)

1. the act of genuflecting
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     Those impious Pigs,
     Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn
     The settled Swellfoot system, or to make
     Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions
     Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt
     Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.

Translations

English

Noun

genuflexion (countable and uncountable, plural genuflexions)

1. Alternative spelling of genuflection

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