Am"bu*la*to*ry (#), a. [L. ambulatorius.]
1.
Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
2.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families.
Jer. Taylor.
3.
Pertaining to a walk.
[R.]
The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels.
Sir H. Wotton.
4. Law
Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
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Am"bu*la*to*ry, n.; pl. Ambulatories (#). [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] Arch.
A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
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