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circumambulation

Today it means: The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. Full definition →

Latin circumambulātiō

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Latin · derived fromcircumambulātiō
English todaycircumambulation

From circum- + ambulation, borrowed from Latin circumambulātiō.

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