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After this ceremony, the pilgrims return to Mecca for a last circumambulation of the Kaaba, the cuboid building at the heart of the Grand Mosque towards which Muslims turn when they pray.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

On a windy circumambulation of Hell’s Bottom, he runs through the arcane vocabulary of storm-water management.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2022

Most of the highlights of this show’s nearly 250 works are ceramics, carved wood objects and other crafts, often arrayed in round glass cases that permit awed circumambulation.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2017

From wheels and carts to bearings and shafts, cranks and drive mechanisms, each chapter is a historically informed circumambulation of an aspect or manifestation of rotation.

From Nature • Oct. 18, 2016

Among the Hindoos, the same rite of circumambulation has always been practised.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.