itinerancy

[ 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.

itinerancy

/ ɪˈtɪnərənsɪ; aɪ- /

noun

1. the act of itinerating
2. Methodist Church the system of appointing a minister to a circuit of churches or chapels
3. itinerants collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of itinerancy¹

First recorded in 1780–90; itiner(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

“In other words, defendant has a history of itinerancy, firearms possession, and lack of candor with law enforcement, all exacerbating his risk of flight,” Lasher wrote.

From Seattle Times

Itinerancy, life on the road, and establishing a home and community are important themes in Hopinka’s art.

From Seattle Times

When she took over in 2017, the East Village institution — a haven for boundary-pushing dance, theater and interdisciplinary performance art since its founding as Performance Space 122 in 1980 — was about to reopen its building after seven years of renovation and itinerancy.

From New York Times

Rings of luggage encircling empty carousels in Chicago, in a kind of artistic commentary on capitalism and modern itinerancy.

From Washington Post

But the greatest drawback of the series is a holdover from the comics themselves, with their epic scale unable to be fully conveyed by the narrative itinerancy and the oneiric, plot-dependent logic governing these universes.

From Washington Post