itinerancy
Americannoun
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the act of traveling from place to place.
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a going around from place to place in the discharge of duty or the conducting of business.
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a body of itinerants, as ministers, judges, or sales representatives.
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the state of being itinerant.
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the system of rotation governing the ministry of the Methodist Church.
noun
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the act of itinerating
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Methodist Church the system of appointing a minister to a circuit of churches or chapels
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itinerants collectively
Etymology
Origin of itinerancy
First recorded in 1780–90; itiner(ant) + -ancy
Example Sentences
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She conjures José María’s itinerancy, following him from mining work to cotton picking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
“In other words, defendant has a history of itinerancy, firearms possession, and lack of candor with law enforcement, all exacerbating his risk of flight,” Lasher wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
New Haven’s Long Wharf Theater will move out of its longtime headquarters and embrace itinerancy as the company seeks a fresh start after a period of extraordinary upheaval.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
This homebound summer has been particularly unsettling for classical musicians, whose typical schedule guarantees a few months of debauched itinerancy at festivals across the world.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
In spite of his itinerancy and his strong sympathy with the Methodist leaders, Venn furnishes a more marked type of the rising Evangelical school than any whom we have yet noticed.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
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