Major Inclination
Bow the head at the neck, shoulders and waist/back. You've gone low enough if you can touch your knees with your hands (but doing so is not part of the inclination). This inclination is #dominican Custom.
Uses:
- To reverence an altar on approaching it when both 1) one has just entered or is about to leave the altar's area and 2) the altar does not have a Tabernacle with the Eucharist reposed.
- Similarly for the Sanctuary when no Eucharist is reposed in the Tabernacle, such as on Good Friday.