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custodes

/kʌsˈtəʊdiz/

custodes is the plural of custode.

custodes is the plural of custos.

Meaning of custode

Noun (1)

custode (plural custodes)

  1. (obsolete) A custodian.

Noun (2)

custode (plural custodes)

  1. (obsolete, uncommon) A container in which a sacred object is kept; a pyx.

Meaning of custos

Noun

custos (plural custodes)

  1. (obsolete) A warden.
    • […] they were commytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces & the Constable of the Towre made custos of the citye.c. 1530, John Rastell, The Pastyme of People: The Cronycles of Dyuers Realmys, London
  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. (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.

Phrases with custodes

Questions about custodes

What is custodes the plural of?
Custodes is the plural of custode.
How do you pronounce custodes?
Custodes is pronounced /kʌsˈtəʊdiz/.

Words near custodes in the dictionary

  1. custock
  2. custocks
  3. custode
  4. custodee
  5. custodees
  6. custodes
  7. custodes regni
  8. custodes rotulorum
  9. custodia
  10. custodial
  11. custodialism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: custodes (page history and authors); custode (page history and authors); custos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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