customary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   in accordance with convention or custom

   sealed the deal with the customary handshake

2. 2
   adj

   In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Holding or held by custom.

   customary tenants

4. 4
   adj

   commonly used or practiced

5. 5
   noun

   A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.

Etymology

From Middle English custumary, from Medieval Latin custumarius. By surface analysis, custom + -ary.