Hypertext Webster Gateway: "custom"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Custom
a tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed
publicans (q.v.), who had their stations at the gates of cities,
and in the public highways, and at the place set apart for that
purpose, called the "receipt of custom" (Matt.9: 9; Mark 2:14),
where they collected the money that was to be paid on certain
goods (Matt.17:25). These publicans were tempted to exact more
from the people than was lawful, and were, in consequence of
their extortions, objects of great hatred. The Pharisees would
have no intercourse with them (Matt.5:46, 47; 9:10, 11).
A tax or tribute (q.v.) of half a shekel was annually paid by
every adult Jew for the temple. It had to be paid in Jewish coin
(Matt. 22:17-19; Mark 12:14, 15). Money-changers (q.v.) were
necessary, to enable the Jews who came up to Jerusalem at the
feasts to exchange their foreign coin for Jewish money; but as
it was forbidden by the law to carry on such a traffic for
emolument (Deut. 23:19, 20), our Lord drove them from the temple
(Matt. 21:12: Mark 11:15).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]
1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
of doing or living.
And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
21.
Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. --Tennyson.
A custom More honored in the breach than the
observance. --Shak.
2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
orders; business support.
Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
--Addison.
3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
{Usage}, and {Prescription}.
Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
custom without usage, though there may be usage without
custom. --Wharton.
4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her
infinite variety. --Shak.
{Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which
affairs of commerce are regulated.
{General customs}, those which extend over a state or
kingdom.
{Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or
district; as, the customs of London.
Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. {Accustom}.]
1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] --Gray.
2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Custom \Cus"tom\, v. i.
To have a custom. [Obs.]
On a bridge he custometh to fight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Custom \Cus"tom\, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the
usual tax. See 1st {Custom}.]
1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to
whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. --Rom.
xiii. 7.
2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities,
imported or exported.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t.
To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
custom
adj : of clothing [syn: {bespoke}, {bespoken}, {made-to-order}, {tailored},
{tailor-made}]
n 1: accepted or habitual practice [syn: {usage}, {usance}]
2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: {tradition}]
3: money collected under a tariff [syn: {customs}, {customs
duty}, {impost}]
4: habitual patronage
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