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custos
[ kuhs-tos; Latin koos-tohs ]
noun
, plural cus·to·des [kuh-, stoh, -deez, k, oo, s-, toh, -des].
- (italics) Latin. a custodian.
- a superior in the Franciscan order.
custos
/ ˈkʌstɒs /
noun
- a superior in the Franciscan religious order Also called (in England)guardian
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Word History and Origins
Origin of custos1
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of custos1
C15: from Latin: keeper, guard
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Example Sentences
Before 1888 the clerk of the peace was appointed in a county by the custos rotulorum.
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I enquired, finding that the old custos was more inclined to speak of his predecessor than himself.
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His Honour the Superintendent might have assumed the classical motto, "Custos sum pauperis horti."
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The Duke of York was appointed custos person of the King, and received in that capacity 10,000ℓ.
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This is the same animal which a naturalist of the last century named the Cancer custos.
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