noun
- established customs or habitual practices
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The ancient consuetudes of the village were carefully preserved by the elders.
- Legal scholars studied the consuetudes that had governed trade for centuries.
- These consuetudes had been passed down through generations without question.
- The court recognized certain consuetudes as having the force of law.
- Modern practices gradually replaced the old consuetudes of the guild.
- The anthropologist documented the consuetudes of the isolated community.