circumambulate
verb (used with or without object)
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
circumambulation
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a word derived from
circumambulate.
Example Sentences
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After this final 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
The pea-hen is a different creature: she keeps her nest a secret even from the peacock, never leaving it save on the wing, and approaching it with the greatest circumambulation.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
