Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who circumambulates or walks about.
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- noun Someone who
walks around something.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Syria (Pilgrimage ii. 207) and derives its name = the circumambulator from its having circuited pilgrim-like round
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The word Taif literally means the “circumambulator.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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It derives its name, the “attached-to,” because here the circumambulator should apply his bosom, and beg pardon for his sins.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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A term used by the Druids to designate an unhallowed circumambulation around the sacred cairn, or altar, the movement being against the sun, that is, from west to east by the north, the cairn being on the left hand of the circumambulator.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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Still he was determined to obtain the palm of being the first circumambulator of the earth.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Still he was determined to obtain the palm of being the first circumambulator of the earth.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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"fragment of Syria" (Pilgrimage ii. 207) and derives its name = the circumambulator from its having circuited pilgrim-like round
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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