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itinerancy

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i⋅tin⋅er⋅an⋅cy

[ahy-tin-er-uhn-see, i-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, i-tin-] .


Origin:
1780–90; itiner(ant) + -ancy
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i·tin·er·an·cy   (ī-tĭn'ər-ən-sē, ĭ-tĭn'-)   
n.   pl. i·tin·er·an·cies also i·tin·er·a·cies
A state or system of itinerating, especially in the role or office of public speaker, minister, or judge.
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