ambulatory.

1. A sheltered passage for walking, especially one around a church choir or apse.

2. Relating to walking or describing someone able to walk.

3. Relating to medical care provided without overnight hospital admission.

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Words that belong together

• apse ambulatory
• walk around the ambulatory
• narrow ambulatory

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The ambulatory curved behind the high altar.

Pilgrims passed the side chapels along the ambulatory.

She met him where the ambulatory opened onto the oldest shrine.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Architectural noun; the adjective commonly means able to walk or involving outpatients. Plural ambulatories.