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Synonyms for customs


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhs-tuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌs təm



Définition of customs

Origin :
  • "made to measure or order," c.1830, from custom (n.).
  • noun duties
Example sentences :
  • They thought their own habits and customs just a trifle better than those of anybody else.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It is curious to observe how customs and ceremonies degenerate.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Manners and customs change no less quickly than headgear and skirts.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The baron guessed at this circumstance from the customs of that age, and happened to be in the right.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • There was in this man an Oriental nobility choked by Western fashion and customs.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I'm going to try to have them seized by the customs if I can.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • Your plan is not according to the customs of polite society, Monsieur.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • And I'm afraid I couldn't get on to the manners and customs over there.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • When they returned to their own country they carried Roman ideas and customs with them.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Then goodbye, O, international laws, with your customs and rules.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

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