AMBULATORY

Ambulatory

The ambulatory is the covered passage around a cloister. The term is sometimes applied to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar.

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ambulatory

Noun

  1. The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

Adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
    ambulatory exercise
  2. Able to walk about and not bedridden.
    an ambulatory patient
  3. Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
    an ambulatory electrocardiogram
    ambulatory medical care
  4. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
    an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places
  5. Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
    The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.


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