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Ambulatory
Pronunciation : Am"bu*la*to*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. ambulatorius.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
2. 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. Jer. Taylor.
3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.
4. (Law)
Defn: Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Am"bu*la*to*ry
Part of Speech : n.; pl. Ambulatories.
Etymology : [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] (Arch.)
Definition : Defn: A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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