ambulatory

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.
3. 3.(Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
4. 4.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 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton called?
• What is not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator called?
• What is a place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building called?