E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Circumcell’ians.
A sect of the African Don’atists in the fourth century; so called because they rambled from town to town to redress grievances, forgive debts, manumit slaves, and set themselves up as the oracles of right and wrong. (Latin, circum-cello, to beat about.)
