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
Before 1888 the clerk of the peace was appointed in a county by the custos rotulorum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
More often sheer financial distress, rather than moral disorder, was the reason for which a custos was appointed to a house.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
There were formerly numerous priests attached to the Temple church, the chief of whom was styled custos or guardian of the sacred edifice.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
A.S. id. unde ver-hurde apud Bens. custos septi piscatorii, Angl. wier, wear, &c.”
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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