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circumgestation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of carrying about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Qualifier: religious

Examples

  • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin circumgestare (“to carry around”), from circum + gestare (“to carry”).