prostration

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"Understanding concepts such as ghusl – ablution – the distinctions in prostration between genders, and the prerequisites for prayer are crucial."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

With his thick beard, heavy-rimmed glasses and a prominent bruise on his forehead from prostration in prayer, he was notoriously prickly and pedantic.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2022

Most worshippers brought their own prayer rugs and clay tablets used during prostration, said the broadcast.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2021

One newspaper covering a local 1831 Anti-Masonic convention highlighted the now increasingly popular view “that Antimasonry had other and higher objects in view than the prostration of the Masonic fraternity.”

From Slate • May 15, 2015

In 1923, the Daily Oklahoman said, “Brewster, the hero of the story, ‘Brewster’s Millions,’ was driven almost to nervous prostration in trying to spend $1,000,000 in one year.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann