different between itinerary vs itinerancy

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerarius (“pertaining to a journey”), neuter itiner?rium (“an account of a journey, a road-book”), from iter (“a way, journey”); see itinerate, itinerant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a??t?n??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /a??t?n????i/

Noun

itinerary (plural itineraries)

1. A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip.
2. A route or proposed route of a journey.
3. An account or record of a journey.
4. A guidebook for travellers.

Translations

Adjective

itinerary (comparative more itinerary, superlative most itinerary)

1. itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey

   • It were rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.

Further reading

• itinerary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• itinerary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• itinerary at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

itinerant +? -ancy

Noun

itinerancy (usually uncountable, plural itinerancies)

1. The state or quality of being itinerant.

   I went through a period of itinerancy in my youth.

2. The Methodist pastorate, or itinerant preaching in general.

   I joined the itinerancy at the age of 25.