ambulation's Usage Examples:

Lambarde was author of the Perambulation of Kent, and founded the College of the Poor of Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich.

The perambulation or beating of bounds is probably a survival of the same type of rite.

In 1640 a further perambulation was held and its findings presented to a Survey Court in August of the following year.

After the Reformation the processions gradually ceased to be ecclesiastical in England, and are now practically secularized into the perambulation of the parish boundaries on or about Ascension Day.

Lambarde, Perambulation of Kent (London, 1576, 1826); R.

Neurologists perform neurological examinations of the nerves of the head and neck; muscle strength and movement; balance, ambulation, and reflexes; and sensation, memory, speech, language, and other cognitive abilities.

"In England "the perambulations of the circuits of the parishes .

1 In 1673 Aubrey began his "Perambulation" or "Survey" of the county of Surrey, which was the result of many years' labour in collecting inscriptions and traditions in the country.

344, 345), however, these "processions and perambulations" appear to have been very popular, though "only the traditions of their fathers.

"In former times when maps were rare it was usual to make a formal perambulation of the parish boundaries on Ascension day or during Rogation week.

In England a parish-ale or feast was always held after the perambulation, which assured its popularity, and in Henry VIII.

This clerical side of the parish bounds-beating was one of the religious functions prohibited by the Injunctions of Queen Elizabeth; but it was then ordered that the perambulation should continue to be performed as a quasi-secular function, so that evidence of the boundaries of parishes, 'c.

Synonyms:

walk, walking,

Antonyms:

ride, stay in place, misbehave,