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- noun Plural form of
customary .
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Examples
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Since the Rule did not give much practical advice on how to live a monastic life, it was supplemented by various orders with customaries, statutes, institutions, and constitutions which set forth in detail the various arrangements for living daily life in a religious community.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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The king's chaplains and clerks, with their knowledge of civil and canon law, able to spell out the old customaries, take the place of grim warriors.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The English Black Monks have made but slight use of lay brothers, finding the service of paid attendants more convenient; but Father Taunton was mistaken in his assertion that "in those days in English Benedictine monasteries there were no lay brothers", for they are mentioned in the customaries of St. Augustine's at Canterbury and St. Peter's at Westminster.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Under date August, 1569, in the accounts of the High Treasurer there is an entry, where the "customaries of Ochterairder" are mentioned along with those of St. Andrews.
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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Lombards, Franks, and Goths were not mere savage, brutal customaries, based, as had been supposed, on the absence of all law and right.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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As this customaries downturns the companies are severely limited, their appetite for new startup company technology, not because their technology may not be good but rather for support and long-term supply viability issues.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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As this customaries downturns the companies are severely limited, their appetite for new startup company technology, not because their technology may not be good but rather for support and long-term supply viability issues.
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Without lived experience, we fall back on customaries.
haligweorc 2008
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