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Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans (Latin: [ˈoː.raːns]) translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
The Noon Prayer by Moustafa Farroukh (1950) Sitting or kneeling (Arabic: جِلسة and قعدة, also جلوس and قعود) is an integral part of salah, or Islamic prayer, along with bowing (ruku' and sujud).
Man drawing from a cast: About 1641 B359: 1: Sick woman with a large white headdress [Saskia] About 1641-42 B369: 1: Sheet of studies, with a woman lying ill in bed, etc. About 1641-42 B072: 2: The raising of Lazarus: the small plate: 1642 B082: 1: The descent from the cross: a sketch: 1642 B105: 2: St. Jerome in a dark chamber: 1642 B188: 4 ...
The Missal, by John William Waterhouse (1902), depicts a woman kneeling on a prie-dieu, a piece of furniture with a built-in kneeler. A kneeler is a cushion (also called a tuffet, hassock, genuflexorium, or genuflectorium) or a piece of furniture used for resting in a kneeling position during Christian prayer.
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Genuflection, typically on one knee, still plays a part in the Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Western Rite Orthodox traditions, among other churches; it is different from kneeling in prayer, which is more widespread. Those for whom the gesture is difficult, such as the aged or those in poor physical condition, are not expected to ...
There are two children to the front and two in the back, one of the two in the front has two hands on its jaw and the other child is kneeling down in a praying position. The child to the left at the back has his hand in his mouth and the one on the left has his hand on his chest. The mother seems to be kneeling down by the positioning of her hands.