German-English translations for niederwerfung

• prostration
  We know full well that the notion of collective guilt has led to universal conflagration and to the extermination and prostration of peoples. Wir wissen sehr wohl, dass der Begriff der Kollektivschuld zu einem weltweiten Flächenbrand und zur Auslöschung und Niederwerfung von Völkern geführt hat.
  The ordination ceremony includes a variety of rituals, rich in meaning and history, e.g., the prostration, laying on of hands, anointing of hands, giving of the chalice and paten, and sign of peace. — [http://www.dor.org/vocations/faqs_ordination.htm Diocese of Rochester, NY]

Related words

• niederwerfen
• Niederwald
• niederwalzen
• sich niederwerfen