3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.

Am`bu*la*to"ri*al (&?;), a. Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill.

Am"bu*la*to*ry (&?;), a. [L. 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 stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.

The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families.

Jer. Taylor.

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