[f. as prec. on regular type of sbs. in -ENCY.]
† 1. = CIRCUMAMBIENCE. Obs.
1755. Johnson, Circumambiency, the act of encompassing.
2. Circumambient quality or condition; that which encompasses; surrounding, environment.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. i. 53. Ice receiveth its figure according unto the surface, wherein it concreteth or the circumambiency which conformeth it.
1832. Fraser’s Mag., VI. 338. The construction, circumambiency, and consolidation of all the primordial rocks.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VIII. XVIII. xiii. 44. An irregular cleared ‘island’ … with unlimited circumambiencies of wood.
3. A going about, circuitous motion (nonce-use).
1837. L. Hunt, in New Monthly Mag., XLIX. 84. The … circumambiencies of the coachman’s whip.
