custodial
Use Custodial in a sentence
di adjective
1.
of or pertaining to custody.
2.
of, pertaining to, or appropriate to a custodian: a building superintendent's custodial duties.
3.
responsible for or providing protective supervision and guardianship rather than seeking to improve or cure: Overcrowding forces many mental hospitals to provide only custodial care.
noun
4.
a container or receptacle for something sacred, as the Host.
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custody (ˈkʌstədɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -dies | |
| 1. | the act of keeping safe or guarding, esp the right of guardianship of a minor |
| 2. | the state of being held by the police; arrest (esp in the phrases in custody, take into custody) |
| [C15: from Latin custōdia, from custōs guard, defender] | |
| custodial | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
In these cases it would generally be better if the custodial parent was married to someone else.
His tone was often custodial, and he could sound condescending, as if he alone were in possession of all the facts.
Custodial care may be required early in the course of the disease.
It means only what the primary physical custodial parent says it means.
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