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per·am·bu·la·tion
\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən, ˌpər.ˌa- also pə̄ˌra-\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English perambulacion, from Medieval Latin perambulation-, perambulatio, from Latin perambulatus (past participle of perambulare) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : an act of walking about : a tour on foot : stroll
< his perambulation to the river for his midday bath is a progress in the grand manner — Alan Moorehead >
b. : an official act or ceremony of walking around an area (as a town, parish, forest) to assert and record its boundaries and thereby maintain the rights of possession
c. : an act of traveling through and inspecting an area
< spent his whole reign … in a perambulation or survey of the Roman Empire — Francis Bacon >
2. : a written account of a perambulation
3. : the boundary or extent of an area as determined by walking its perimeter
< enlarged the perambulations of what they had — Edmund Hickeringill >
4. obsolete : a comprehensive account : survey
< a … perambulation of learning — Francis Bacon > |