itinerancy

itinerancy
/uy tin"euhr euhn see, i tin"-/, n.
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, itineracy /uy tin"euhr euh see, i tin"-/.
[1780-90; ITINER(ANT) + -ANCY]

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  • itinerancy — itin·er·an·cy …   English syllables

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