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perambulation

pe·ram·bu·lation

UK/pəˌɹæm.bjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forrest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

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Origin

From Middle English perambulacioun, from Anglo-Norman and Latin. By surface analysis, perambulate + -ation, or, by surface analysis, per- + ambulate + -ion.

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