circumambulate
verb (used with or without object)
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
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It derives its name, the “attached-to,” because here the circumambulator should apply his bosom, and beg pardon for his sins.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton