circumambulate
[ sur-kuhm-am-byuh-leyt ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈæm byəˌleɪt /
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verb (used with or without object), cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ed, cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ing.
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
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Origin of circumambulate
OTHER WORDS FROM circumambulate
cir·cum·am·bu·la·tion, nouncir·cum·am·bu·la·tor, nouncir·cum·am·bu·la·to·ry, adjectiveWords nearby circumambulate
circulatory, circulatory system, circulus, circum-, circumambient, circumambulate, circumanal gland, circumbasal, circumbendibus, circumcenter, circumcircle
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How to use circumambulate in a sentence
Do thou, therefore, circumambulate that great hero cheerfully.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4|Kisari Mohan GanguliIs this me, around whom children ran, as they would about a pillar or a monument, and thought it exercise to circumambulate?
Arthur O'Leary|Charles James LeverThey kneel, clasp their hands, circumambulate the Buddha and file out.
The Buddha|Paul CarusRound this there is a dark and narrow passage which pilgrims circumambulate.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
British Dictionary definitions for circumambulate
circumambulate
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
to walk around (something)
(intr) to avoid the point
Derived forms of circumambulate
circumambulation, nouncircumambulator, nouncircumambulatory, adjectiveWord Origin for circumambulate
C17: from Late Latin circum- + ambulāre to walk
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