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cus⋅to⋅di⋅al

  [kuh-stoh-dee-uhl]
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–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.
Origin:
1765–75; < L custōdi(a) custody + -al 1

Related forms:
cus⋅to⋅di⋅al⋅ism, noun
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cus·to·di·al   (kŭ-stō'dē-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.

    1. Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" (American Demographics).

    2. Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.

  3. Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: cus·to·di·al
Pronunciation: k&-'stO-dE-&l
Function: adjective
1 : occurring during or in connection with custody custodial interrogation>
2 : having sole custody or custody a greater portion of the time custodial parent>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: cus·to·di·al
Pronunciation: "k&s-'tOd-E-&l
Function: adjective
: marked by or given to watching and protectingrather than seeking to cure <custodial care>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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