circumambulate
verb
cir·cum·am·bu·late
ˌsər-kəm-ˈam-byə-ˌlāt 
circumambulated; circumambulating
: to circle on foot especially ritualistically
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Visitors circumambulate the gallery, opening gray stall doors and finding sculptures inside.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
The stupas’ projecting platforms and pillars were decorated with narrative scenes so devotees circumambulating the stupas (always in a clockwise direction) could familiarize themselves with stories that illustrate Buddhist precepts.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018
Hajj pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 22, 2017.
—Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Mar. 2018
The minimum of wall text is an invitation to circumambulate.
—A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2017
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
The stupas’ projecting platforms and pillars were decorated with narrative scenes so devotees circumambulating the stupas (always in a clockwise direction) could familiarize themselves with stories that illustrate Buddhist precepts.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018
Hajj pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 22, 2017.
—Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Mar. 2018
The minimum of wall text is an invitation to circumambulate.
—A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2017
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“Circumambulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumambulate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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