Both Uses of
prone
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Nevertheless, he caught sight of the archdeacon prone upon the earth in the mud.
Chpt 2.9.1 *prone = lying face downward
- Traditions had brought forth symbols, beneath which they disappeared like the trunk of a tree beneath its foliage; all these symbols in which humanity placed faith continued to grow, to multiply, to intersect, to become more and more complicated; the first monuments no longer sufficed to contain them, they were overflowing in every part; these monuments hardly expressed now the primitive tradition, simple like themselves, naked and prone upon the earth.†
Chpt 1.5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(prone as in: prone to) having a tendency (to do something)
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(2)
(prone as in: prone position) lying face downward
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus