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-/.
Words Nearby itinerancy
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How to use itinerancy in a sentence
After a brief season of itinerancy through Massachusetts pulpits, he is settled at West Roxbury.
He said when the Methodists abolished itinerancy and mission work, he thought the most useful part of the church was gone.
Old Rail Fence Corners | VariousIt has been a pleasure to the writer to make this record, as also that of other veterans of the itinerancy.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy | Wesson Gage MillerStudents came and went, and the teachers were a part of a great itinerancy.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers | Elbert HubbardAn itinerancy implies central and local management, and travelling lecturers who connect the two.
The History Of University Education In Maryland | Bernard Christian Steiner
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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