Deambulation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A walking abroad; a promenading. obsolete
"Touching suche exercises, as many be used within the house, or in the shadowe, (as is the olde maner of speking), as deambulations, laborynge with poyses made of leadde or other metall"
- 2 An instance of deambulation; a trip, journey, peregrination, itineration, or pilgrimage.
"Then, declaring that, according to his recollection, a very long wait would be necessary before the next automatic deambulation [la prochaine déambulation automatique] could be witnessed, Canterel, with measured steps, led us to another part of the vast establishment."
Example
More examples"Touching suche exercises, as many be used within the house, or in the shadowe, (as is the olde maner of speking), as deambulations, laborynge with poyses made of leadde or other metall"
Etymology
Latin deambulatio.
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