consuetudinary

[ kon-swi-tood-n-er-ee, -tyood- ]

adjective

1. customary or traditional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of consuetudinary¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin consuētūdinārius, equivalent to consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō ) consuetude + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

Mark x. 5., that the consuetudinary law of marriage was not wholly abrogated, but was accommodated to the Jews by the Mosaic code.

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In England the franchises enjoyed by burgesses, freemen and other consuetudinary constituencies in burghs, were dependent on the character of the burgage-tenure.

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The grand pensionary was always supposed to be profoundly versed in civil, ecclesiastical, and consuetudinary law; and in foreign diplomacy.

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The ceremony of the formal admission of a Benedictine abbot in medieval times is thus prescribed by the consuetudinary of Abingdon.

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