Definition of "custom" []

• A practice followed by people of a particular group or region. (noun)
• A habitual practice of a person: my custom of reading a little before sleep. See Synonyms at habit. (noun)
• Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law. (noun)
• Habitual patronage, as of a store. (noun)
• Habitual customers; patrons. (noun)

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• "As, therefore, the presbyters know that, in accordance with _the custom of the Church_, they are subject to him who has been set over them, so the bishops should know that they are greater than the presbyters, rather _by custom_, than by the truth of an arrangement of the Lord. ""
• "If those ideas are a little bit far fetched for your taste, then you might want to purchase a great bottle of wine or champagne, and have the label custom printed with the couple's names, and the date of their upcoming nuptials."
• "Just because the custom is also very much built-in to human behavior, so what?"