Definition of Circumambulates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of circumambulate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Circumambulates

1. circumambulate [v] - See also: circumambulate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumambulates

circumadjacent
circumagitate
circumagitated
circumagitates
circumagitating
circumalveolar fixation
circumambages
circumambagious
circumambience
circumambiencies
circumambiency
circumambient
circumambiently
circumambulate
circumambulated
circumambulates (current term)
circumambulating
circumambulation
circumambulations
circumambulator
circumanal
circumanal glands
circumarctic
circumarticular
circumaural
circumaxillary
circumbendibus
circumbendibuses
circumbinary
circumboreal

Literary usage of Circumambulates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"IIL THIS nimble and expert little species seldom perches mi the small twigs; but circumambulates the trunk and larger branches, in quest of ants and other ..."

2. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"The worshiper circumambulates the shrine keeping his right side toward it, goes to the threshold, presents offerings of fruits, flowers, or food (which is ..."

3. The Rites of the Twice-born by Sinclair Stevenson (1920)
"Besides this, he circumambulates the temple as far as the water drain and back again. Whether he has performed his ..."

4. Faiths of Man: A Cyclopædia of Religions by James George Roche Forlong (1906)
"Aryans and non-Aryans adore it alike ; the priest fixes it upright, and the kneeling king offers rice and flowers, circumambulates it, and sprinkles it with ..."

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