custos
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Kustos
A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the…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.
UK/ˈkʌ.stɒs/US/ˈkʌˌstɑs/
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
Kustos
(historical)In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
(obsolete)A warden.
Translations
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By meaning 1
superior of a custody:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin custōs.Borrowed from Latin custōs.
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