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consuetudinary
[kon-swi-tood-n-er-ee, -tyood-]
adjective
customary or traditional.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consuetudinary1
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin consuētūdinārius, equivalent to consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō ) consuetude + -ārius -ary
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Example Sentences
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Mark x. 5., that the consuetudinary law of marriage was not wholly abrogated, but was accommodated to the Jews by the Mosaic code.
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In England the franchises enjoyed by burgesses, freemen and other consuetudinary constituencies in burghs, were dependent on the character of the burgage-tenure.
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The grand pensionary was always supposed to be profoundly versed in civil, ecclesiastical, and consuetudinary law; and in foreign diplomacy.
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The ceremony of the formal admission of a Benedictine abbot in medieval times is thus prescribed by the consuetudinary of Abingdon.
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