custos
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custos
- /ˈkʌ.stɒs/ UK
- /ˈkʌˌstɑs/ US
- /-ˌstoʊs/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin custōs.
noun custodes
- A warden. […] they were commytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces & the Constable of the Towre made custos of the citye.
- 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.
- In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
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Talk about this word "custos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/custos. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. custos. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/custos "custos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/custos.
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@misc{custos_2026,
title = {custos},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/custos},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
