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custodies

custodies is the plural of custody.

Meaning of custody

Noun

custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)

  1. (usually) The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
    • The court awarded custody to the child's father.
  2. (usually) Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
    • I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
  3. (usually) The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
    • He was mistreated while in police custody.
  4. (usually) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
    • The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

Questions about custodies

What is custodies the plural of?
Custodies is the plural of custody.

Words near custodies in the dictionary

  1. custodiary
  2. custodias
  3. custodient
  4. custodier
  5. custodiers
  6. custodies
  7. Custodio
  8. Custodios
  9. custody
  10. custom
  11. custom and practice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: custodies (page history and authors); custody (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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