\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.