The Collaborative International Dictionary
circumstant
circumstant \cir"cum*stant\ (s[~e]r"k[u^]m*st[a^]nt), a. [L.
circumstans. See Circumstance.]
Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] ``Circumstant
bodies.''
--Sir K. Digby.
Wiktionary
circumstant
a. Standing or placed around; surrounding.