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custom

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of custom

circa 1200, custume, "habitual practice" (of an individual, or a nation, or community)

from Old French costume "custom, habit, practice; clothes, dress"

custom is a doublet of costume

custom noun

costume
any unwittingly adopted practise; any indiscriminately accepted practise
a fashionable or approved habit

a practice common to many or to a particular place or institution
long-established practice considered as unwritten law; repeated practice
the whole body of usages, practices, or conventions that regulate social life
customs (plural)
- duties, tolls, or imposts imposed by the law of a country on imports or exports
- the agency, establishment, or procedure for collecting such customs
business patronage
usually habitual patrons; customers

customary adjective

costumary

commonly practiced, used, or observed
based on or established by custom

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Specific examples and quotes of custom

For an infinitely more lucid (clear) alternative to custom, see habit. Compare to way.

“Eventually, after observing many different ways and customs, she saw an underlying pattern: The same mechanisms that animated her parents seemed to hold many others hostage, merely manifesting in different ways. The surface or the appearance diversified, while the underlying principle kept repeating.”

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore

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