consuetude
[noun]
Synonyms: habit, custom, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, trick, usage, use, wont

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consuetude noun. ['kɒnswɪtju:d] LME.
[Old French, or Latin consuetudo, from consuetus pa. pple of consuescere accustom, use, formed as CON- + suescere become accustomed: see -TUDE.]
1. Custom, esp. as having legal force. Chiefly Scot. LME.

2. Familiarity; acquaintance. E19.

■ consue'tudinal adjective customary, consuetudinary; spec. in Grammar, designating or in a mood of Celtic languages expressing customary action: M17.

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