PERAMBULATION


Meaning of PERAMBULATION in English

 ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən, ˌpər.ˌa- also pə̄ˌra- noun

( -s )

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

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