custos morumn.

Brit.

/ˌkʌstɒs ˈmɔːrəm/, U.S.

/ˌkəˌstɑs ˈmɔrəm/,

/ˌkəˌstoʊs ˈmɔrəm/,

/ˌkʊˌstoʊs ˈmɔrəm/

Inflections: Plural custodes morum.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin custos morum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin custos morum guardian of morals (1569 or earlier) < classical Latin custōs custos n. + mōrum , genitive plural of mōs , custom, usage (see moral adj.).Compare also post-classical Latin custos morum suorum guardian of one's own morals (12th cent.), citing Ambrose (4th cent.: morum..suorum..custos).

A guardian of (public) morals.

ΚΠ

1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at King This Court is the Custos morum of all the Subjects of the Realm.

1744 T. Barnardiston Rep. Cases King's Bench 2 345 This Court is the Custos Morum of all the King's Subjects. And for this Reason it is, that the Printers of obscene Books have been punished.

1795 R. P. Ward Enq. into Found. & Hist. Law of Nations in Europe II. xiii. 37 Among sovereign princes, who obeyed no other tribunal, he might fairly be called the Custos Morum.

1880 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 12/1 Mr. Paterson treats the theory that the Queen's Bench is custos morum as obsolete.

1944 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 38 285 No nation..is the custos morum or the policeman of the others.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. vi. 8 A self-righteous soul can identify himself as custos morum.

2013 J. Munby in States News Service (Nexis) 30 Oct. Judges are no longer custos morum of the people, and if they are they have to take the people's customs as they find them, not as they or others might wish them to be.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	custos morum
释义	custos morumn. Brit. /ˌkʌstɒs ˈmɔːrəm/, U.S. /ˌkəˌstɑs ˈmɔrəm/, /ˌkəˌstoʊs ˈmɔrəm/, /ˌkʊˌstoʊs ˈmɔrəm/ Inflections: Plural custodes morum. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin custos morum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin custos morum guardian of morals (1569 or earlier) < classical Latin custōs custos n. + mōrum , genitive plural of mōs , custom, usage (see moral adj.).Compare also post-classical Latin custos morum suorum guardian of one's own morals (12th cent.), citing Ambrose (4th cent.: morum..suorum..custos). A guardian of (public) morals. ΚΠ 1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at King This Court is the Custos morum of all the Subjects of the Realm. 1744 T. Barnardiston Rep. Cases King's Bench 2 345 This Court is the Custos Morum of all the King's Subjects. And for this Reason it is, that the Printers of obscene Books have been punished. 1795 R. P. Ward Enq. into Found. & Hist. Law of Nations in Europe II. xiii. 37 Among sovereign princes, who obeyed no other tribunal, he might fairly be called the Custos Morum. 1880 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 12/1 Mr. Paterson treats the theory that the Queen's Bench is custos morum as obsolete. 1944 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 38 285 No nation..is the custos morum or the policeman of the others. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. vi. 8 A self-righteous soul can identify himself as custos morum. 2013 J. Munby in States News Service (Nexis) 30 Oct. Judges are no longer custos morum of the people, and if they are they have to take the people's customs as they find them, not as they or others might wish them to be. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
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