itinerancy

[ ahy-tin-er-uhn-see, ih-tin- ]

noun
  1. the act of traveling from place to place.

  2. a going around from place to place in the discharge of duty or the conducting of business.

  1. a body of itinerants, as ministers, judges, or sales representatives.

  2. the state of being itinerant.

  3. the system of rotation governing the ministry of the Methodist Church.

Origin of itinerancy

1
First recorded in 1780–90; itiner(ant) + -ancy
  • Also i·tin·er·a·cy [ahy-tin-er-uh-see, ih-tin-]. /aɪˈtɪn ər ə si, ɪˈtɪn-/.

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British Dictionary definitions for itinerancy

itinerancy

itineracy

/ (ɪˈtɪnərənsɪ, aɪ-) /


noun
  1. the act of itinerating

  2. mainly Methodist Church the system of appointing a minister to a circuit of churches or chapels

  1. itinerants collectively

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