circumambulate
verbUS /ˌsɝ.kəmˈæm.bju.leɪt/ · UK /səː.kəmˈam.bjuː.leɪt/
Etymology Latin circumambulatus, past participle of circumambulare (“to walk around”). Equivalent to circum- + ambulate.
1
To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
- Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 1:
- Related terms
- circumambulation, circumambulator, circumambulatory, deambulate, funambulate, perambulate, preambulate, reambulate, somnambulate