| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin circum ambulatus, past participle of circum ambulare to walk around, from circum + ambulare — more at circum- , amble
intransitive verb
1. : to walk or go around ; especially : to walk or go around an object of worship or reverence or in a ritual circular course
one circumambulates with the object of worship as one's physical as well as spiritual focus — S.W.Nakamura
2. : to wander about at leisure without definite purpose or as a result of indirection
transitive verb
: to walk around especially ritualistically
she might have gone and circumambulated the Yeobrights' premises at Blooms-End — Thomas Hardy
the stupa which the worshipers circumambulated — W.N.Brown
• cir·cum·ambulation “+ noun -s
• cir·cum·ambulator “+ noun -s