custos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A warden.
  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.
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌ.stɒs/ /ˈkʌˌstɑs/ /-ˌstoʊs/

Word forms

custos custodes

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin custōs.

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