Complete Definition of "customary"

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Noun

customary

#A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans.

Adjective
customary

#Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.
#Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 39
:When two people met for the first time in Diaspar�or even for the hundredth�it was customary to spend and hour or so in an exchange or courtesies before getting down to business, if any.

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