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Definition of Circumjacent
1. a. Lying round; bordering on every side.
Definition of Circumjacent
1. Adjective. lying around; surrounding ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumjacent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumjacent
Literary usage of Circumjacent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"A place of a large receipt and safe riding of ships, so situate and secured by
the land circumjacent, that the vessels thereby ride and anchor safely, ..."
2. Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith by Kenelm Henry Digby (1894)
"... mindful of his engagement, began to look out for a place, and after examining
all the circumjacent solitudes, he at length fixed upon this spot, ..."
3. Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: Accompanied by a Geographical and by Sir Henry Pottinger (1816)
"FERTILITY AND RICHNESS OF THE circumjacent DISTRICTS. ROAD. CANALS. GREAT DEPTH.
... circumjacent ..."
4. Mesopotamia and Assyria by James Baillie Fraser (1842)
"Much Room yet for Investigation respecting these Ruins and the circumjacent
Country.—Prospects of this being effected. THE gigantic mounds and mouldering ..."
5. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"In mining law, rock or mineralized matter Is "In place" when remain- Ing as nature
placed it, that Is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock, ..."
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