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con⋅sue⋅tude

  [kon-swi-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
custom, esp. as having legal force.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L consuētūdō, equiv. to con- con- + suē- (short s. of suēscere to become accustomed, akin to suus one's own) + -tūdō -tude
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con·sue·tude   (kŏn'swĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  Custom; usage.

[Middle English, from Latin cōnsuētūdō; see custom.]
con'sue·tu'di·nar'y (-tōōd'n-ěr'ē, -tyōōd'-) adj.
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Consuetude

Con"sue*tude\ (?; 144), n. [L. consuetudo. See Custom.] Custom, habit; usage. [R.]

To observe this consuetude or law. --Barnes .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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