consuetudinary
consuetudinary noun: a ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
Noun
consuetudinary (plural consuetudinaries)
- A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
- Winchester itself was an early centre of the manufacture of chanlons, which were rugs used for coverlets or counterpanes, and in the consuetudinary of the city, which dates back at least to the early years of the thirteenth century, the looms are divided into two classes, the 'great looms' used for...1964, L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, page 200
- An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
Adjective
consuetudinary (not comparable)
Forms of consuetudinary
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Origin of consuetudinary
From Medieval Latin cōnsuetudinārius, from cōnsuētūdō (oblique stem cōnsuētūdin-) + -ārius, from cōnsuēscō + -tūdō, from con- + suēscō. By surface analysis, consuetude + -ary.
Words formed from consuetudinary
Questions about consuetudinary
- What does consuetudinary mean?
- Consuetudinary means a ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
- What part of speech is consuetudinary?
- Consuetudinary can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of consuetudinary?
- The plural of consuetudinary is consuetudinaries.
Words near consuetudinary in the dictionary
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