circumambulate
Example Sentences
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They pack into the Grand Mosque in Mecca to circumambulate the Kaaba.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023
And Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, without social distancing for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2021
Rangarajan is addressing the morning’s temple goers who, like a school of fish, circumambulate the temple’s inner sanctum chanting the Hindu deity Balaji’s name in vague unison.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2017
At any time of the day, hundreds of people circumambulate the stupa, chanting mantras, kneading their mala beads and twirling prayer wheels.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012
One should always go round the sun to meet the moon in France, that is to say, one should ever circumambulate, never make straight for the lodestar ahead.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
