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custom
noun
    1. A traditional activity or practice.
      Thesaurus: tradition, observance, convention, manner, etiquette, ritual, habit, practice, rite, ceremony, wont, rule; Antonym: departure.
    2. A personal habit.
    3. The body of established practices of a community; convention.
    4. An established practice having the force of a law.
    5. The trade or business that one gives to a shop, etc by regular purchases.
adj
    1. Made to order.
Etymology: 12c: from French costume, from Latin consuetudo, from consuescere to grow accustomed to.



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