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   customary

   /ˈkʌstəm(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances: "it is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast" Similar usualtraditionalnormalconventionalfamiliaracceptedprevailingroutinefixedsetestablishedconfirmedeverydayordinarycommonstockwell worntime-honouredOpposite unusualexceptionalrare
   • ▪ according to a person's habitual practice: "I put the kettle on for our customary cup of coffee" Similar usualaccustomedhabitualwontedregularOpposite unusualunaccustomed
   • ▪ established by or based on custom rather than common law or statute.
   • ▪ (in South Africa) relating to black African traditional custom or law.

   noun

   • 1. another term for custumal historical

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): from medieval Latin custumarius, from custuma, from Anglo-Norman French custume (see custom).

   Derivatives

   • 1. customariness noun

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