{{Wiktionary, custos ''Custos'' is the Latin word for guard.

Titles

Custos rotulorum ''Custos rotulorum'' (; plural: ''custodes rotulorum''; Latin for "keeper of the rolls", ) is a civic post that is recognised in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and in Jamaica. England, Wales and Northern Ireland The ''custos rotulorum'' i ...

("keeper of the rolls"), a civic post in parts of the United Kingdom and in Jamaica *

Custos (Franciscans) Custos ( en, guardian) means a religious superior or an official in the Franciscan Order. The precise meaning has differed over time, and among the Friars Minor, Conventuals, and Capuchins. Description Francis of Assisi sometimes applied the word t ...

, a religious superior or official in the Franciscan Order * Custos (Under-sacristan), a Roman Catholic office

Other

* AB Custos, a Swedish investment company * Custos, a fictional secret organization in the Japanese film series '' Towa no Quon''

Music

* Custos, a symbol which indicates the pitch of the next note on the next line - see Mensural notation#Custos

Proverbs

The nominative and accusative plural form ''custodes'' is used in the proverbial phrase ''

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase found in the work of the Roman poet Juvenal from his '' Satires'' (Satire VI, lines 347–348). It is literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?", though it is also known by variant translations, such as " ...

'', "Who has custody of the custodians?".
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