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Definition of Custodians
1. custodian [n] - See also: custodian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Custodians
Literary usage of Custodians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Churches and Castles of Mediæval France by Walter Cranston Larned (1895)
"CHAPTER X custodians OF FRENCH CHURCHES AND MONUMENTS THE custodians of the French
churches and monuments are very interesting people. ..."
2. Wills, Estates, and Trusts: A Manual of Law, Accounting, and Procedure, for by Thomas Conyngton, Harold C. Knapp, Paul Whittier Pinkerton (1921)
"In the following pages some of these relations will be considered. § 508.
Banks and Trust Companies as custodians Banks and trust companies in many cases ..."
3. Faneuil Hall and Faneuil Hall Market, Or, Peter Faneuil and His Gift by Abram English Brown (1901)
"CHAPTER XXI The custodians of Faneuil Hall. The Market House Investment. ...
The selectmen were the custodians as long as the town form of government ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"In the one case It is the care usually taken by prudent custodians of jewels,
and in the other that usually taken by prudent custodians of grindstones. ..."
5. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1917)
"To make, then, of this meaner brood sound and safe custodians of the public
treasure was the President's object ..."
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