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circumambulation

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cir⋅cum⋅am⋅bu⋅late

  [sur-kuhm-am-byuh-leyt]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to walk or go about or around, esp. ceremoniously.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL circumambulātus (ptp. of circumambulāre). See circum-, ambulate

Related forms:
cir⋅cum⋅am⋅bu⋅la⋅tion, noun
cir⋅cum⋅am⋅bu⋅la⋅tor, noun
cir⋅cum⋅am⋅bu⋅la⋅to⋅ry, adjective
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cir·cum·am·bu·late   (sûr'kəm-ām'byə-lāt')   
tr.v.   cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ed, cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ing, cir·cum·am·bu·lates
To walk around (something), especially as part of a ritual: "Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon" (Herman Melville).
cir'cum·am'bu·la'tion n.
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