consuetudinary
English
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin cōnsuetudinārius, from Latin cōnsuetudō. By surface analysis, consuetude + -in- + -ary.
Noun
editconsuetudinary (plural consuetudinaries)
- A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
- 1964, L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, page 200:
- Winchester itself was an early centre of the manufacture of chanlons, which were rugs used for coverlets or counterpanes, and in the consuetudinary of the city, which dates back at least to the early years of the thirteenth century, the looms are divided into two classes, the 'great looms' used for burel weaving paying 5s. per year, and the 'little looms' for chanlons paying 6d. or 12d., according to their size.
- An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
Adjective
editconsuetudinary (not comparable)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- consuetudinary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Consuetudinary in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms interfixed with -in-
- English terms suffixed with -ary
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Law
- en:Books