Itinerancy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Itinerancy \I*tin"er*an*cy\ ([-i]*t[i^]n"[~e]r*an*s[y^]),1 n.
     [See {Itinerant}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A passing from place to place. --Dr. H. More.
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     2. A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of
        residence; the custom or practice of discharging official
        duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus
        discharge official duty.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "itinerancy":
     Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, bumming, discursion,
     divagation, drifting, errantry, flitting, gadding, hoboism,
     itineracy, nomadism, peregrination, pererration, ramble, rambling,
     roam, roaming, rove, roving, straying, traipsing, vagabondage,
     vagabondia, vagabondism, vagrancy, wandering, wanderlust,
     wayfaring