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

There having arrived, and having made puja to the self-existent, he began to circumambulate the lake, beseeching all the while the aid of Swayambhu in prayer.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot