itinerancy
Life without roots
Itinerancy is the practice or state of traveling from place to place, especially for work.
The term most often describes clergy who move between congregations rather than serving a single parish permanently: Methodist itinerancy assigns ministers to different churches every few years.
It can also apply to judges riding circuit, traveling salespeople, or any profession requiring regular movement.
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
trek · safari · excursion · sojourn · traverse · caravan · peregrination · wandering
One who relocates
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
drifter · carnival · circus · busker · freelance · seasonal · tinker · trader
Limited in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- rootlessnessState of having no anchor
- unsettledNot yet resolved
transitory · provisional · short-term · passing · unstable · placelessness · displacement · uprootedness
Grazer of livestock
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
- TuaregSaharan Berber ethnic group
- MaasaiEast African ethnic group
- SamiIndigenous Arctic Scandinavians
Romani · herder · tribe · caravan · encampment · yurt · steppe · seminomadic
Change in position
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- circulationMovement through a system
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- transitMovement between places
migration · shifting · drift · portability · flexibility · fluidity · transferability · adaptability
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
voyage · trek · safari · excursion · sojourn · traverse · caravan · peregrination · wandering · roving
migrant
One who relocates
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
vagabond · drifter · carnival · circus · busker · freelance · seasonal · tinker · trader · hawker
temporary
Limited in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- rootlessnessState of having no anchor
unsettled · transitory · provisional · short-term · passing · unstable · placelessness · displacement · uprootedness · restlessness
pastoralist
Grazer of livestock
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
- TuaregSaharan Berber ethnic group
- MaasaiEast African ethnic group
Sami · Romani · herder · tribe · caravan · encampment · yurt · steppe · seminomadic · camp
movement
Change in position
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- circulationMovement through a system
- flowUnbroken forward movement
transit · migration · shifting · drift · portability · flexibility · fluidity · transferability · adaptability · displacement
itinerancysedentariness
Habitual physical inactivity
stationariness · immobility · fixedness · permanence · stasis
itinerancysettledness
State of being established
permanent residence · domicile · establishment · rootedness · homesteading
- itinerant workersEmployees moving between locations
- itinerant preacherNomadic religious orator