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Definition of Circumambulate
1. Verb. Walk around something.
Definition of Circumambulate
1. v. t. To walk round about.
Definition of Circumambulate
1. Verb. (transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumambulate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumambulate
Literary usage of Circumambulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rites of the Twice-born by Sinclair Stevenson (1920)
"Then twice more they circumambulate the fire, touching the stone and saying ...
The husband and wife, as it were, start afresh and circumambulate the stone ..."
2. Historic Incidents and Life in India by Caleb Wright, J. A. Brainerd (1863)
"... for this purpose, therefore,, do thou circumambulate the whole earth, and, on
returning here, circumambulate a hundred times the mountain of Brahma, ..."
3. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1872)
"... small piles ot' wood, grass, &c., which are lighted in honor of the goddess,
and after the flames have burst out, all the people circumambulate them. ..."
4. Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"SLOKA 104 Approaching with deep reverence, we begin our worship with Ganesa,
circumambulate the temple and proceed to the main sanctum for ..."
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