consuetudinaryadj.n.
/kɒnswiːˈtjuːdɪnəri/ A. adj.
According to consuetude, custom, use and wont, or usage; customary.
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society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > common law or customary
customable?a1439
customary1552
consuetudinary1590
consuetudinal1656
negative1894
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary
wonesomec1200
wonec1275
customable1381
customeda1382
useda1382
wonta1382
wonted1408
accustomed1429
vulgarc1430
usualc1444
famosec1449
customalc1450
accustomablec1475
accustomatea1513
frequent1531
accustomary1541
customary1574
frequented1586
consuetudinary1590
ordinary1605
consuetudinal1656
habitual1689
solent1694
regulation1803
usitate1885
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > recognized as having legal force
consuetudinary1590
consuetudinal1656
1590 Serpent of Devis. B ij a First he saith it was necessary..Secondly, he saith it was consuetudinary: and lastly he saith it was voluntary.
1687 S. Hill Catholic Balance 28 Consuetudinary Apostolical Traditions.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VI. ii. 45 Laws, whether written or consuetudinary.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) Consuetudinary or customary law, in contradistinction to written or statutory law, is that law which is derived by immemorial custom from remote antiquity. Such is the common law of Scotland.
1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church x. 299 Ordinary affairs of life are always regulated by consuetudinary law.
B. n.
A treatise containing a collection of customs or usages, local or particular to some body; esp. a book containing the ritual and ceremonial usages of a monastic house or order, a cathedral, collegiate church, or the like. Sometimes identified with an ordinary n.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > treatise containing
consuetudinarya1513
consuetudinal1817
society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > containing directions for worship > monastic
reghel-bookc1175
consuetudinarya1513
customarya1676
consuetudinal1817
society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > containing directions for worship > Roman Catholic
ordinala1325
consuetudinarya1513
ordinarya1513
directory1759
ordo1849
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxii. f. cxliiv The Ordynall or Consuetudynary..nowe named Salysbury vse.
1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. xl An ordynary of Popysh ceremonyes, the whyche he entytled a Consuetudynary or vsuall boke of the churche.
1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. p. xliv (note) The MS. Ordinale, through the kindness of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter is now lying before me..the Consuetudinary of the Church of Exeter..forms the first part of the book.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 195 Not mentioned in the Consuetudinaries, except that of Wells.
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