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What is a prostration?

What is a prostration? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act or condition of prostrating (lying flat) oneself, as a sign of humility.
  2. A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests.
  3. Being laid face down (prone).
  4. The condition of being prostrated, as from heat.
  5. A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.
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That it did is the outcome of the organization's and its affiliates ' political prostration before the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.
But Gephardt's campaign essentially collapsed, demonstrating the utter prostration of the trade union bureaucracy.
The point is to do everything, beginning with the first prostration, for all forms of life.
This outlook is not merely the ideology of Bush and his inner circle, as was made clear by the prostration of the Democratic Party.
The second salam occurs outside the prayer and so there is no reasonfor prostration.
It is not necessarily a bad thing to just do a prostration or a mantra mouthing the words.

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