Bible Dictionaries
Custody
King James Dictionary
CUSTODY, n. L., a watchman, a keeper. See Chaste.
1. A keeping a guarding care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation or security.
Under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle. Numbers 3 .
The prisoner was committed to the custody of the sheriff.
2. Imprisonment confinement restraint of liberty.
3. Defense from a foe preservation security.
There was prepared a fleet of thirty ships fro the custody of the narrow seas.
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Entry for 'Custody'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/custody.html.