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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