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Ambulatory adj.

Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. "The priesthood... before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families."

Pertaining to a walk. (R.) "The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels."

(Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

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Etymology of 'Ambulatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ambulatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... since the original has been immolated. As a matter of fact, it too bears the stigma of the Centennial period, of which it is a characteristic example. The only windows of aesthetic interest in the church are the recent lights in the ambulatory, made by different firms in competition for the windows of the Lady Chapel, which is to be treated in ...

— Fifth Avenue • Arthur Bartlett Maurice

... forty days in the wilderness. Since this performance has been taken out of the list of miracles, it is not so likely to be repeated by fanatics. I confess to a strong suspicion that this is one of the ambulatory or movable stories, like the "hangman's stone" legend, which I have found in so many different parts of England. Skulls and crossbones, sometimes skeletons or skeleton-like figures, are not uncommon among the sepulchral embellishments of an earlier period. Where ...

— Our Hundred Days in Europe • Oliver Wendell Holmes

Words linked to "Ambulatory" : ambulant, mobile, paseo, ambulate, ambulatory plague, walk, ambulation