English

Noun

consuetude ‎(plural consuetudes)

1. Custom, familiarity.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     “the stain hath become engrained by time and consuetude; let thy reformation be cautious, as it is just and wise.”

Old French

Etymology

Probably borrowed rather than inherited from Latin cōnsuētūdō ‎(“custom”).

Noun

consuetude f ‎(oblique plural consuetudes, nominative singular consuetude, nominative plural consuetudes)

1. custom