kneebound

English

Etymology

From knee +‎ bound.

Adjective

kneebound (not comparable)

1. on one's knees in an act of worship
   • 2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome:

     Of course they would come. Of course they would get kneebound. People enjoy an honest-to-God prayer meeting in good times and bad.

   • 2017, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed:

     Fear is what puts butts into pews, what knocks us kneebound as if by the baton of a slavedriver.