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perambulus

perambulus [CL perambulare+-us] , that goes about, that travels widely, wide-ranging (in quots. transf.). b (fig.) that wanders or strays, uncertain, inconstant. c (as sb. m.) itinerant or peripatetic preacher. quod sic decrevit rex fama perambula crevit, / per mundum totum scelus hoc erit amodo notum Gower CT 120; potencie ~a vi matrem tuam ecclesiam ‥ Scoticanam ‥ opprimere niteris Bower VIII 26.  b fert ut luna suam fortuna perambula speram, / decrescit subito, crescit et illa cito Gower VC II 151.  c quis predicat ista, nisi subversos fidei, emulus evangelice paupertatis, et ~us antichristi R. Maidstone PP f. 163.

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