English Explanatory Dictionary

perambulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
  2. An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
  3. The district thus inspected.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

perambulation perambulations

Etymology

From Middle English perambulacioun, from Anglo-Norman and Latin. By surface analysis, perambulate + -ation, or, by surface analysis, per- + ambulate + -ion.

Synonyms

bannering

Related words

ambulation ambulator ambulatory perambulator perambulatory
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