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
God willing, thou shalt circumambulate the True One in every world of His worlds and shalt be free from all else save Him....
From A Compilaton on Women by Universal House of Justice
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