Agonoclita
Agonoclita or the Agonoclites in antiquity was a Christian sect from the 7th century whose distinguishing principle was never to kneel, but to deliver all their prayers standing.[1]
Etymology
The name of this group is derived from the following Greek words: the privative particle α ("not"), γονυ ("knee"), and κλινω ("I bend").
gollark: Clearly we should switch to IRC, then.
gollark: Cool.
gollark: You know *multiple* people who worked on nuclear weapons?
gollark: No you can't. There are a lot of restrictions on speech in the UK and US and whatnot.
gollark: Although technically I haven't actually *signed* any nuclear non-proliferation treaties or anything like that personally.
References
- Chambers, Ephraim (1728). "Chambers' 1728 Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
See also
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