Custos
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌ.stɒs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Custos is a noun meaning (music, 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.
Meaning
(music, 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.
More Meanings
- (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.
- (obsolete) A warden.
Example Sentences
Mr. Tharp, the Custos of the parish, and several other gentlement, accompanied the corps.
[…] they were commytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces & the Constable of the Towre made custos of the citye.
Word Forms
- custodes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ward, guardant, warderess, bail, guardage, guardship.
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