noun
Meaning 1
A warden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
custos
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.stɒs/
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General-American: /ˈkʌˌstɑs/
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General-American: /-ˌstoʊs/
noun
Meaning 2
A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Meaning 3
In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin custōs.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kustos — superior of a custody
- French: custode — superior of a custody
- German: Kustos — superior of a custody
- Italian: custode — superior of a custody
- Latin: custos — superior of a custody
- Polish: kustosz — superior of a custody
- Portuguese: custódio — superior of a custody
- Spanish: custodio — superior of a custody