What is "itinerancy"

Itinerancy \I*tin"er*an*cy\ ([-i]*t[i^]n"[~e]r*an*s[y^]),1 n.

1. A passing from place to place.
   --Dr. H. More.

2. A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty.

n. 1 The state or quality of being itinerant 2 The Methodist pastorate; or itinerant preaching in general