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Word entry · 6 letters

custom

Best crossword clue

"Longtime local practice"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkʌstəm/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted cmostuStarts with CEnds with M3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. accepted or habitual practice

Word origin

From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, inherited from Latin consuētūdinem, a noun derived from cōnsuēscō, from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed to”). Displaced native Old English ġewuna. Doublet of costume, consuetude, and kastom.

Used in a sentence

  • Much forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.
  • A custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
  • 20 […] These men being Iewes, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customes which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, being Romanes.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Longtime local practice6 letters
02Specially made6 letters
03Tradition6 letters

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