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▪ I. custode1 [In ME. a. OF. custode (12th c. in Littré), ad. L. custos, custōd-em keeper, custodian: cf. It. custode, also Pr. custodi, Sp. custodio, from Rom. type custōdius. This has long been obsolete, but the word has been re-introduced in recent times from Italian.] One who has the custody of anything; a guardian, custodian: †a. in ME. |kʊˈstoːd|. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 43 Þe chesynge of his successour be maad of mynistris prouincial and custodis. c1470Hardyng Chron. ccxxi. vii, And of his soonne Henry he made custode Thomas Beauford, his vncle. b. in modern use, a. It. custode |kusˈtode|, pl. -odi, custodian.
[1832Gell Pompeiana II. xi. 4 If the custodi can be believed.] 1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun vii, The old custodes knew her well. 1881Ruskin Bible in Amiens iv. 1, I love too many cathedrals—though I have never had the happiness of being custode of even one. Hence † custodery, custodrie, office of a custode, custodianship.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 43 Þe mynystris & custodis may..in þe same ȝeer in here custodries onys clepe to-gidre here breþeren to chapitre. ▪ II. † cuˈstode2 Obs. [a. F. custode fem., ad. L. custōdia custody.] = custodial n.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lvi. 218 In this Procession were..also the rich Custodes of their Idols..They that carryed them were clothed in yellow. |