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CUSTOS
Etymology
Noun
custos (plural custodes)
(obsolete) A warden.
(Roman Catholicism) 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.
Anagrams
• SCOTUS, Scouts, costus, scouts
Source: Wiktionary
Cus"tos (ks"ts), n.; pl. Custodes (k. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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