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What does circumambulate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word circumambulate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
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However, he said, Imam Malek said it is only permissible to circumambulate riding something only if one is sick or unable to walk.
Anyone wishes to perform Umrah acts, and heads for Mecca for this purpose, must intend to circumambulate around Kaaba in the holy mosque over seven stages.
Is this me, around whom children ran, as they would about a pillar or a monument, and thought it exercise to circumambulate?
They will circumambulate the stadium once and then take the torches to the cauldron.
Do thou, therefore, circumambulate that great hero cheerfully.
Instead of foot patrols, saffron-clad monks circumambulate Buddhist temples in the pre-dawn light, armed only with prayer beads.

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