Antonyms for ambulatory
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm byə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
Definition of ambulatory
Origin :- "pertaining to walking;" also "shifting, not permanent," 1620s, from Latin ambulatorius "of or pertaining to a walker; movable," from ambulator, agent noun from past participle stem of ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Middle English had ambulary "movable" (mid-15c.).
- adj changing position; able to move under own power
- He had met her by chance in the ambulatory on her way from Brother Bonaday's rooms.
- Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- The poet is greater than man: he is nature on two legs,—ambulatory.
- Extract from : « How Spring Came in New England » by Charles Dudley Warner
- It consists of a choir and ambulatory, transepts, and three bays of a nave.
- Extract from : « The Story of Brussels » by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
- There is a central apse, an ambulatory, out of which radiate five chapels.
- Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
- He is said to have introduced into Normandy the ambulatory and its radiating chapels.
- Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- The sanctuary was raised above the ambulatory, with no screen between.
- Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- The system of an ambulatory capital also obtained formerly in Bolivia.
- Extract from : « Mogreb-el-Acksa » by R. B. Cunninghame Graham
- The ambulatory with its radiating chapels is of incomparable beauty.
- Extract from : « Rheims and the Battles for its Possession » by Various
- My sketch has been taken from the "Ambulatory" at the back of, and surrounding, the choir.
- Extract from : « An Architect's Note-book in Spain » by Matthew Digby Wyatt
- Back of this, forming the eastern termination, runs an ambulatory.
- Extract from : « Cathedrals of Spain » by John A. (John Allyne) Gade
Synonyms for ambulatory
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