custos
Americannoun
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(italics) a custodian.
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a superior in the Franciscan order.
noun
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
“Latinæ puritatis custos fuit religiosissimus, unde et docti cognomen meruit.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
The same year he was appointed custos rotulorum of Cheshire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
Et dicit quod idem Willelmus non fuit nisi custos patris sui de eadem terra dum pater suus fuit alibi manens.422 Post uenit Willelmus et retraxit se et ideo in misericordia Pauper est.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
In 1326 the custos of Minchin Barrow was told to remove the onerosa familia.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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