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customary

  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

Other meanings

  1. Holding or held by custom.

    “customary tenants”

Related words

  • customariness
  • noncustomary
  • uncustomary
  • customary marriage
  • customarily
  • customary international law
  • customary unit

Word history

From Medieval Latin "custumarius".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “customary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.