circumambulate
verb (used with or without object)
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
circumambulatory
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a word derived from
circumambulate.
Example Sentences
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Sir Walter Raleigh and Edmund Spenser were both rather circumambulatory on paper; the work of each is 'a long monotone broken by two or three exquisite immortalities.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by T. M. (Thomas Michael) Kettle
Of these circumambulatory ells of crape, the young artificer contrived to fabricate a dress that was anything but unbecoming.
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
It felt comfortable to bounce around in the similar movements of his circumambulatory personal life.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Five days later a public procession made the circuit of the palace and city walls in a peculiar circumambulatory march of mystic significance, with feasting, dramatic entertainments, and fireworks.
From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens
I implied, in as delicate and circumambulatory a way as possible, that his one-time wife, according to my own observations, taken under peculiarly favorable, because exacting, conditions, was completely accepted.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
