Definition for CUS'TOM-A-RY

CUS'TOM-A-RY, a. [Fr. coutumier.]

  1. According to custom, or to established or common usage; as, a customary dress; customary compliments.
  2. Habitual; in common practice; as, customary vices.
  3. Holding by custom; as, customary tenants, who are copy-holders.
  4. Held by custom; as, a customary freehold.

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