Page "Salute" Paragraph 93

Many religious believers kneel in prayer, and some ( Roman Catholics, and Anglicans ) genuflect, bending one knee to touch the ground, at various points during religious services ; the Orthodox Christian equivalent is a deep bow from the waist, and as an especially solemn obeisance the Orthodox make prostrations, bending down on both knees and touching the forehead to the floor.

Roman Catholics also employ prostrations on Good Friday and at ordinations.

During Islamic prayer, a kneeling bow called sajdah is used, with forehead, nose, hands, knees, and toes all touching the ground.

Jews bow from the waist many times during prayer.

Four times during the Yom Kippur service, and once on each day of Rosh Hashanah, many Jews will kneel and then prostrate.

With the Salvation Army, when becoming a soldier, at a christening or other official event, underneath the flag, a salute is often used.

This involves holding the hand, palm forwards, with all the fingers held in a clenched fist position.

The index finger is left raised pointing towards God, and the hand is often held at chest height, in a similar position to that of Girl Guides.