itinerancy

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noun

The state or quality of being itinerant.

“I joined the itinerancy at the age of 25.”

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Meanings

nounitinerancy (usually uncountable, plural itinerancies)

plural itinerancies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being itinerant.

    I went through a period of itinerancy in my youth.

    1 more example

    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
  2. uncountableusuallyThe Methodist pastorate, or itinerant preaching in general.

    I joined the itinerancy at the age of 25.

Origin

By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ancy.

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Cite this entry
APA

itinerancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerancy

MLA

“itinerancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “itinerancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerancy.

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