The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A warden.
Wikipedia
Custos is the Latin word for guard.
Custos means a religious superior or an official in the Franciscan Order. The precise meaning has differed over time, and among the Friars Minor, Conventuals, and Capuchins.
The under-sacristan or custos was a Roman Catholic office.
The office is mentioned in the Decretals. He was the assistant of the sacristan, was subject to the archdeacon, and discharged duties very similar to those of the sacristan. By the early twentieth century the office was hardly ever attached to a benefice and so usually a salaried position. The Council of Trent desired that, according to the old canons, clerics should hold such offices; but in most churches, on account of the difficulty or impossibility of obtaining clerics, laymen perform many of the duties of the sacristan and under-sacristan.
Usage examples of "custos".
In a drive to combat that diminution of her soul she had tried to recover much of the innocence of her childhood and had worked hard to study and gather together the stories of Neal Custos Sylvanii.
Neal Custos Sylvanii knows some of our language, but he is not fluent.
With all due respect to the Custos Sylvanii, his presence was not mentioned.
He was a footnote to the adventures of her grandfather and Neal Custos Sylvanii.
Neal Roclawzi, Leader of the Steel Pack, Killer of Tashayul, Bearer of Divisator and named Custos Sylvanii by Aarundel Imperator.
Yes, he is my friend, and I have proclaimed him Custos Sylvanii, but he is not so unwise as to arrogate himself.
Neal Roclawzi Elfward, that the title Custos Sylvanii is one that we bestow upon other races and peoples in whom we trust and whom we admire.
When you judge my actions, do not look at me as a madman, but remember I am Custos Sylvanii.
Surrey, and at one time custos rotulorum of the district of Beacham Ford.
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.
Surrey, and at one time custos rotulorum of the district of Beacham Ford.
Rome, such as the drains of the middle and southern basin of the left bank, the channels and arches of the Marcia and Anio Vetus, the Servian walls, the temples of Fortuna Virilis, of Hercules Magnus Custos, the Rostra, the embankment of the Tiber, etc.
Now Admiral the Earl of Blazey spent all his time in retirement at St Kew, happily being the squire, and also the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and Custos Rotulorum.