Usually means: Lying face down in submission.
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  1. prostration: Merriam-Webster
  2. prostration: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prostration: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. prostration: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Prostration, prostration: Wordnik
  7. prostration: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Prostration, prostration: Wiktionary
  9. prostration: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. prostration: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. prostration: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. Prostration (Buddhism), Prostration: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Prostration: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. prostration: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. prostration: Rhymezone
  17. Prostration: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. prostration: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. prostration: FreeDictionary.org
  20. prostration: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. prostration: Legal dictionary

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  1. prostration: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. prostration: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. prostration: Medical dictionary
  6. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Prostration: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Prostration)

noun:  The act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying face-down), as a sign of humility.
noun:  A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests, in which the ordinand lies prostrate in a gesture of submission to the will of God.
noun:  The state of lying face down (prone).
noun:  The condition of being prostrated, as from heat; complete loss of strength.
noun:  A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.
noun:  The 32nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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