itinerancy
the act of traveling from place to place.
a going around from place to place in the discharge of duty or the conducting of business.
a body of itinerants, as ministers, judges, or sales representatives.
the state of being itinerant.
the system of rotation governing the ministry of the Methodist Church.
Origin of itinerancy
1- Also i·tin·er·a·cy [ahy-tin-er-uh-see, ih-tin-]. /aɪˈtɪn ər ə si, ɪˈtɪn-/.
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How to use itinerancy in a sentence
Whitefield's itineracy, like the blazing cross in the Lady of the Lake, was the signal for an uprising.
Continental Monthly - Volume 1 - Issue 3 | VariousThe carrying out of this purpose led to my eight weeks of itineracy among the conferences and churches of Wisconsin and Michigan.
It started in pure itineracy; the pastorate came in very gradually, and is not yet in universal acceptance.
The substitution of itineracy for the seclusion of the cloister; and 2.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries | Alfred Wesley WishartA considerable part, sometimes the greater part, of the cold weather was given to itineracy.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 | James Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for itinerancy
itineracy
/ (ɪˈtɪnərənsɪ, aɪ-) /
the act of itinerating
mainly Methodist Church the system of appointing a minister to a circuit of churches or chapels
itinerants collectively
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