custumal

American

[kuhs-choo-muhl] / ˈkʌs tʃʊ məl /

noun

a customary.

custumal British

/ ˈkʌstjʊməl /

noun

another word for customary customary

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Etymology

Origin of custumal

1375–1425; 1560–70 for current sense; late Middle English (as adj.) < Medieval Latin custumālis, a Latinization of Old French costumel customary, usual, equivalent to costume custom + -el -al ¹

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custumal

The document, which is evidently a private compilation, seems to be a custumal, or coustumier, of a district, or some considerable portion of the country.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

They may be explained by the fact that the persons engaged in drawing up a custumal, jotted down denominations of the peasantry without comparing them carefully with what preceded.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

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