deambulatory

[ dee-am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

noun

, plural de·am·bu·la·to·ries.

1. ambulatory ( def 6 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of deambulatory¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin deambulātōrium, equivalent to Latin deambulā ( re ) to go for a walk ( de-, amble ) + -tōrium -tory ²

Example Sentences

Fourteen columns of colored marble sustain a domed ceiling of gilded cedar, with an exterior deambulatory under a tunnel-vaulting also roofed with cedar.

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Deambulatory, dē-am′bū-la-to-ri, n. a passage or aisle round the choir and apse of a church.

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Beneath the church of Montmajour is a most extraordinary crypt, almost as big as the edifice above it and making a complete subterranean temple, surrounded with a circular gallery, or deambulatory, which expands at intervals into five square chapels.

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The plan consists of a nave, with aisles and lateral chapels, transept and choir, with a deambulatory at a slightly lower level.

From Project Gutenberg

Fourteen columns of colored marble sustain a domed ceiling of gilded cedar, with an exterior deambulatory under a tunnel-vaulting also roofed with cedar.

From Project Gutenberg