Proskynesis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Proskynesis is a noun meaning (Eastern Orthodoxy) The level of veneration properly given to God's creations rather than to God himself.
Meaning
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The level of veneration properly given to God's creations rather than to God himself.
More Meanings
- (historical) The act of bowing down before a lord or ruler, especially in ancient Persia.
Example Sentences
It was proskynēsis which the worshipper at home or in church offered to an icon.
The participants in turn drank a toast, performed proskynesis and received a kiss from the king.
Perhaps most notably, in 66 CE, Nero accepted a formal proskynesis from the Armenian prince Tiridates, who paid a visit to him in Rome to be crowned king of Armenia.
Alexander, it seems, did attempt to impose proskynesis on both Greeks and Macedonians, and he aroused determined opposition, represented and articulated by Callisthenes of Olynthus.
Word Forms
- proscynesis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proscynesis, proskinesis, supparasitation, prophetry, sycophantry, prosodion.
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