a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
Also, ha⋅ka⋅fot,hak⋅ka⋅foth, hak⋅ka⋅fot.
Origin: Heb haqqāphōth, pl. of haqqāphāh lit., going around, circuit
[Seph. hah-kah-fawt; Ashk. hah-kaw-fohs] 
