Custos

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Custos is the Latin word for guard.

## Titles

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* Custos rotulorum ("keeper of the rolls"), a civic post in parts of the United Kingdom and in Jamaica
* Custos (Franciscans), a religious superior or official in the Franciscan Order
* Custos (Under-sacristan), a Roman Catholic office

## Other

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

## Music

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* Custos, the latin word for a Direct (music symbol)

## Proverbs

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The nominative and accusative plural form custodes is used in the proverbial phrase Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, "Who has custody of the custodians?".