itinerancy en · NOUN
Etymology
By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ancy.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being itinerant.
I went through a period of itinerancy in my youth.
But his disdain for his former itinerancy had made it so he could not recognize the reasons a person should stay.
2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 269:
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(uncountable, usually) The Methodist pastorate, or itinerant preaching in general.
I joined the itinerancy at the age of 25.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| itinerancies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |