ambulatio

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ambulatio (pl. ambulationes).
1. Promenade, or xystum open to the sky.

2. Covered promenade, or xystus, defined by fragrant formal planting or by a colonnade, or both.

3. Ambulatory, volume, or walkway bounded by the colonnade of a temple peristyle and the wall of the cella.

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