ambulator
- noun
- /ˈæmbjʊˌleɪtər/
- Archaic
:
ambulacro
- Visitors admired the stained glass windows lining the ancient ambulator of the cathedral.
Examples
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Restoration work revealed original stonework in the church's ambulator.
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The church featured an elegant ambulator around its apse.
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The monks processed quietly along the ambulator during the evening prayers.
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Visitors admired the beautiful ambulators at the cathedral.
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Visitors admired the stained glass windows lining the ancient ambulator of the cathedral.
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Restoration work revealed original stonework in the church's ambulator.
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The monks processed quietly along the ambulator during the evening prayers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A path people use near a building or in a garden
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2.0
A path made for people to go on foot
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6.0
A narrow raised walkway high above the ground that workers use to reach lights or pipes
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3.5
A covered passage through the ground floor of a building
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9.3
A covered walkway inside a church or monastery
A path for people to walk on beside a road
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Morphology
ambulator = ambulatory (opaque) = ambulate + or
Although built from the same walking root, the specific architectural sense (covered walkway) is specialised and not derivable by general learners from the base verb.
Etymology
Ambulator comes from the Latin root ambul- meaning 'to walk', and it was also used for a covered passage you can walk around in a church, like an ambulatory. So an ambulator can mean the walkway that goes around the church's apse.