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.
3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.]
The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory
view in his travels.
Sir H. Wotton.
4. (Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled
past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are
ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Am"bu*la*to*ry, n.; pl.
Ambulatories (&?;). [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.]
(Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the
gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
