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Ambulatory
Aisle round an apse.
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ambulatory
A semicircular or polygonal aisle. Usually an ambulatory leads around the east end of the choir; separating the choir from apses or chapels.
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Ambulatory
a covered passage behind the altar, linking it with chapels at the east end of the church.
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Ambulatory
Semicircular or polygonal aisle which encloses an apse, often provided so that worshippers can walk round an altar or shrine.
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ambulatory
covered portico surrounding the inner shrine of a temple
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ambulatory
In architecture, any part of a building intended for walking around a central space or shrine, such as the aisles of a cathedral or church. The term is used for the lateral or fl ...
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Ambulatory
Walking
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Ambulatory
Ambulatory: Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized.
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Ambulatory
a covered way for walking. A roofed passageway, enclosing the apse, and linking the aisles which flank the nave. See Church Design
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Ambulatory
A continuous vaulted passageway or aisle that leads around a circular building, or around the apse of a church behind the main altar. It was probably developed to make it easier for large religious processions to move about inside a church. It is a feature that is not common in Armenian architecture...
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Ambulatory
Am'bu·la·to·ry adjective [ Latin ambulatorius .] 1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal. 2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stati...
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Ambulatory
Am'bu·la·to·ry noun ; plural Ambulatories [ Confer Late Latin ambulatorium .] (Architecture) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
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ambulatory
<biology> An organism which is able to move from place to place, and is not stationary. most often the term is used to describe organisms which can walk. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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ambulatory
adjective relating to or adapted for walking; `an ambulatory corridor`
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ambulatory
noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister); `it has an ambulatory and seven chapels`
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ambulatory
(am´bu-lә-tor″e) walking or able to walk; not confined to bed. of a condition or procedure, not requiring admission to a hospital for an overnight stay.
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Ambulatory
• (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. • (a.) Pertaining to a walk. • (a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are a...
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ambulatory
in architecture, continuation of the aisled spaces on either side of the nave (central part of the church) around the apse (semicircular projection ...
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ambulatory
ambulatory 1. Pertaining to, or capable of walking: 'It was an ambulatory exploration of the city.' 2. Adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals. 3. Moving around or from place to place; not stationary.' 4. Not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk: 'He was an ambulatory patient.'...
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Ambulatory
The ambulatory (Med. Lat. ambulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk) is the covered passage around a cloister. The term is sometimes applied to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar.{Citation needed|date=October 2009} ...
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ambulatory
Type: Term Pronunciation: am′byū-lă-tōr′ē, am′bū-lant Definitions: 1. Walking about or able to walk about; denoting a patient who is not confined to bed or hospital as a result of disease or surgery.
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Ambulatory
In architecture, an ambulatory is any part of a building intended for walking around a central space or shrine, such as the aisles of a cathedral or church. The term is used for the lateral or flanking porticos of an ancient Greek temple, and for the cloister of a monastery.
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Ambulatory
A continuous isle, which wraps a circular structure or an apse at its base. Designed for use in Processions.
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AMBULATORY
Involving locomotion; able to walk.
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ambulatory
1) Aisle round an apse 2) Ambulant 3) Mobile 4) Up and about
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