As nouns the difference between customary and folklore
is that customary is a book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal while folklore is the tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.
As an adjective customary
is agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.
customary
English
Noun
(customaries)
A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.
*1777 , Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland
*:The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.
Quotations
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 39
*: When two people met for the first time in Diaspar—or even for the hundredth—it was customary to spend an hour or so in an exchange or courtesies before getting down to business, if any.
Synonyms
*
Derived terms
* customarily
Related terms
* consuetude
* costumal
* costume
* custom
* customer
* customization
* customize
folklore
English
Noun
(
wikipedia folklore)
The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.
Related terms
* folkloric
* folklorist
* (l)
See also
* folk
* lore
* myth
* oral tradition
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