custos
Americannoun
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(italics) a custodian.
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a superior in the Franciscan order.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of custos
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin
Example Sentences
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The Very Rev. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, custos of the Holy Land, will speak about “Struggle and Hope in the Holy Land.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2015
In April 1660 he sat again in parliament for Cumberland, and at the Restoration was made custos rotulorum of Essex and lord-lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Cf. the commission to the rector of Aberford to be custos of Kirklees about the same time.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
The relations between the nuns and their priest were doubtless very friendly; he would be their guide, philosopher and friend, sometimes acting as custos of their temporal affairs and always ready with advice.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
Qui ferro Petrum cumulas, durissime custos, A ferro disces mollior esse tuo.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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