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  • Here, close to the house notice-board, were some oak panels covered with names and dates, all carved -- so John learned later -- by a famous Harrow character, Sam Hoare, once "Custos" of the

    The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908

  • Here, close to the house notice-board, were some oak panels covered with names and dates, all carved -- so John learned later -- by a famous Harrow character, Sam Hoare, once "Custos" of the School.

    The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908

  • It was one March morning, when, shortly after they entered the school-room, the school "Custos" came in and handed to the master a letter --

    Julian Home 1867

  • The custos thus chosen was called Custos custodum, or, among the Observantines until the time of Leo X ( "Ite et vos", Bull.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • I thank Patriarch Fouad Twal and the Custos, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for their kind greeting.

    Pope in the Holy Land: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre 2009

  • The Veni Creator is sung, an address is delivered by the Father Custos of the Holy Land, the Pope holds an allocution, and the Regina Coeli is sung:

    Pope's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Jerusalem 2009

  • Some yearn for departed Custos, some revere Rufus, some swear by though, in moments of deepest puzzlement, sometimes possibly at the inventive Paul.

    In praise of … Araucaria | Editorial 2011

  • Custos, Fr. von Hulsen and others according to drawings by Besler

    Hortus Eystettensis 2009

  • So the day of the event, we decorated the tree, backed up a flatbed truck for a stage, and prepared the town square for an evening of carols, and distinguished guests including the member of Parliament, the parish Mayor and the Custos.

    Catch Up 2008

  • LAWRENCE the Prefect, and Custos of the rods, is marching after the DOCTOR into the operating-room.

    Dr. Birch and his young friends 2006

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