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deambulatory

[ dee-am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

noun

plural deambulatories.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deambulatory1

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin »å±ð²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü³¾, equivalent to Latin »å±ð²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå ( re ) to go for a walk ( de-, amble ) + -³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü³¾ -tory 2
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Deambulatory, dē-am′bū-la-to-ri, n. a passage or aisle round the choir and apse of a church.

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Beneath the church of Montmajour is a most extraordinary crypt, almost as big as the edifice above it and making a complete subterranean temple, surrounded with a circular gallery, or deambulatory, which expands at intervals into five square chapels.

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The plan consists of a nave, with aisles and lateral chapels, transept and choir, with a deambulatory at a slightly lower level.

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Beneath the church of Montmajour is a most extra- ordinary crypt, almost as big as the edifice above it, and making a complete subterranean temple, sur- rounded with a circular gallery, or deambulatory, which expands it intervals into five square chapels.

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