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consuetude

[kon-swi-tood, -tyood]

noun

custom, especially as having legal force.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin consuētūdō, equivalent to con- con- + suē- (short stem of suēscere to become accustomed, akin to suus one's own) + -tūdō -tude

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consuetude (ˈkɒnswɪˌtjuːd)

—n
	an established custom or usage, esp one having legal force

[C14: from Latin consuētūdō, from consuēscere to accustom, from con- + suēscere to be wont]

consue'tudinary

—*adj*

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