The Collaborative International Dictionary
Custodes
Custos \Cus"tos\ (k[u^]s"t[o^]s), n.; pl. Custodes (k[u^]s*t[=o]"d[=e]z). [L.] A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.]
Custos rotulorum (r[o^]t`[-u]*l[=o]"r[u^]m) [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
WordNet
custodes
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Usage examples of "custodes".
God, to Brother Francis and the other priors or custodes of the Brothers Minor, greeting and the apostolic benediction.
Bonaventura, April 23, 1257, immediately after his election, to the provincials and custodes upon the reformation of the Order.