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circumambulate
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cir·cum·am·bu·late  (sûrkm-mby-lt)
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).
circum·ambu·lation n.
circumambulate [ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbjʊˌleɪt]
vb
1. to walk around (something)
2. (intr) to avoid the point
[from Late Latin circum- + ambulāre to walk]
circumambulation  n
circumambulator  n
circumambulatory  adj
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Verb1.circumambulatecircumambulate - walk around something                
walk around
circle - travel around something; "circle the globe"


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Further, to reduce Islam to an understanding of Islam, conditioned by history and geography, is incorrect because, as stated above, Islam is essentially a set of beliefs which cannot be circumambulated by history and geography.
Islam and Science: responding to a false approach by Iqbal, Muzaffar / Islam & Science
Ya'qubi describes this as a power struggle between the Damascus caliphate and rebels in Arabia, and claims that for decades pilgrims circumambulated the Dome.
The tale of many Jerusalems: what would a peaceful Middle East look ... by Freund, Charles Paul / Reason
There was no room for sitting in meditation; instead one circumambulated the statue, never seeing the whole, always close to a portion of the statue so its chipped paint and plaster was visible.
Walking around the Buddha by Craft, Carolyn / Cross Currents
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