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custodes

[ kuh-stoh-deez; Latin koos-toh-des ]

/ kʌˈstoʊ diz; Latin kʊsˈtoʊ dɛs /

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noun

plural of custos.

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Words nearby custodes

custard cup, custard-pie, custard powder, Custer, Custer's last stand, custodes, custodial, custodian, custodianship, custody, custom

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How to use custodes in a sentence

Whilst other nations have vaguely asked Quis custodiet custodes?
Intimate China|Mrs. Archibald Little
In those days they were called 'custodes,' chiefly I am afraid because they kept the rods.
Old Picture Books|Alfred W. Pollard
For mention of custodes in other dioceses, see Cookhill , Reg.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power
Therefore you are custodes utriusque tabul, and must bend the force of all your government to the saving of the people's souls.
A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4)|Richard Baxter

With these cases compare the appointment of custodes to the worldly Prioress of Easebourne in 1441.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power