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custos. n, pl custodes (kÊËstÉÊdiËz). 1. (Roman Catholic Church) a superior in the Franciscan religious order. Also called (in England): guardian.
The under-sacristan (custos) is also mentioned in the Decretals (lib. I, tit. xxvii, De officio custodis). He was the assistant of the sacristan, was subject to the archdeacon, and discharged duties very similar to those of the sacristan.