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Jericho walk

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Jericho walk (plural Jericho walks)

  1. (US, Christianity) A form of protest in which people walk seven times around a significant location.
    Synonym: Joshua walk
    • 1995, Timothy Ken Beougher, Accounts of a Campus Revival: Wheaton College, 1995, page 86:
      Ever since we came , we have been aware of student groups who regularly conducted Jericho walks (some call them Joshua walks). They walk around campus and encircle dormitories []
    • 2001, Doug Stringer, Somebody Cares: A Guide to Living Out Your Faith:
      In addition to the fast, God called those men and myself to a Jericho Walk for our city. We began at 8 P.M. one Friday night and walked the 610 Loop around downtown Houston, about a 40-mile walk.