prostration

IPA: prɑstrˈeɪʃʌn

The act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying flat), as a sign of humility.
A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests.
Being laid face down (prone).
The condition of being prostrated, as from heat; complete loss of strength.
A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.
The 32nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Examples of "prostration" in Sentences

The merchant was tympanitic from the first day of his prostration, which is not usual.
I know, because in my own case, after a day or two of what you might call prostration, I began to recover.
When the King heard this, he bade his son be slain; but on the next day the second Wazir came forward for intercession and kissed ground in prostration.
What honour he offered to the angel: He fell at his feet, to worship him; this prostration was a part of external worship, it was a posture of proper adoration.
I have been told that some Orthodox Jews object to yoga because some of the poses look like "prostration," a position of extreme reverence that is due only to, well, Adonai.
Now this King’s daughter loved the idol and was frequent in prostration to it and assiduous in its service; and she was the fairest woman of her day, accomplished in beauty and loveliness, elegance and grace.
Replacing sajdah (a foreign term) with the euphemistic "prostration" (a limited but acceptable Catholic concept) is a fraudulent attempt to convince well-meaning Catholics that an alien religious practice has disciplinary merit.
After giving the Civil War speech, Lincoln became ill with symptoms of smallpox: high fever, weakness, severe pain in the head and back, "prostration" — an old-fashioned word for extreme fatigue — and skin eruptions that lasted for three weeks in late 1863.