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itinerancy

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

i·tin·er·an·cy

[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.
3.
a body of itinerants, as ministers, judges, or sales representatives.
4.
the state of being itinerant.
5.
the system of rotation governing the ministry of the Methodist Church.
Also, i·tin·er·a·cy [ahy-tin-er-uh-see, ih-tin-] .


Origin:
1780–90; itiner(ant) + -ancy
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Itinerancy has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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itinerancy or itineracy (ɪˈtɪnərənsɪ, aɪ-)
 
n
1.  the act of itinerating
2.  chiefly Methodist Church the system of appointing a minister to a circuit of churches or chapels
3.  itinerants collectively
 
itineracy or itineracy
 
n

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