encompassing

n an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow n a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area n an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to n the boundary line encompassing an area or object n (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations)

The act of surrounding or encompassing.

inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.

the boundary line encompassing an area or object n

Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Pearl Anna Neal, Fannie Pettie Watts and Viola Tyler Goings were the foundation of a sisterhood that now spans the globe encompassing more than 100,000 members