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
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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
Thus we hear of a custos palatinae capellae who was in charge of the palace chapel relics, and guarded them in the field; the chief of these custodes was sometimes called the archicapellanus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
This latter official was, until 1888, appointed by the custos rotulorum, but since the passing of the Local Government Act of that year, the appointment is made by the standing joint-committee of the county council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The lord-lieutenant now usually holds the older office of custos rotulorum, or keeper of the records of the county.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Interesting developments in America’s elect-your-id experiment, as the shining city upon a hill runs up against that age-old political question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
Independent policing of the news has a natural appeal, but it raises the question posed in Juvenal’s Satires: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2018
His critics would say that another piece of Latin would be appropriate in view of the Bank’s new powers: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes – Who guards the guards themselves?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2015
The House Week Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From Time Magazine Archive
With these cases compare the appointment of custodes to the worldly Prioress of Easebourne in 1441.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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