customary
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/ / /ˈkʌs.təˌmɛɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English custumary, from Medieval Latin custumarius. By surface analysis, custom + -ary.
- In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.
“At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.”
“When two people met for the first time in Diaspar—or even for the hundredth—it was customary to spend an hour or so in an exchange or courtesies before getting down to business, if any.”
- Holding or held by custom.
“customary tenants”
“The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English custumary, from Medieval Latin custumarius. By surface analysis, custom + -ary.
- A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.