Definitions for custodial
kʌˈstoʊ di əlcus·to·di·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. custodial, tutelary, tutelaradjective

   providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

   "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. custodialadjective

   Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding

2. custodialadjective

   Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child

3. custodialadjective

   Providing punishment by incarceration

4. Etymology: From custody + -al; confer French.

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1. custodial

   Custodial pertains to the role or duties of a custodian, who is responsible for taking care of, maintaining, protecting, or overseeing property, possessions, or individuals. In a financial context, it usually refers to an entity that holds and manages securities or other assets on behalf of another party. In a janitorial context, it refers to cleaning and maintaining facilities. And in familial context, custodial refers to a parent or individual who has been granted primary care, control and maintenance of a child.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Custodialadjective

   relating to custody or guardianship

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. custodial, fr. L. custodia. See Custody.]

How to pronounce custodial?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of custodial in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of custodial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of custodial in a Sentence

1. Michael Graae/Getty Images:

   With maybe a thousand disturbed people in a state of millions, Cuomo reduced the number of beds so a judge could put an emotionally disturbed person into custodial care. Politicians refuse to expand that. New Yorkers are punished by those they voted into office and are returning us to insanity.

2. Todd Spitzer:

   Weve all been told that during the pandemic we needed to release people early, you know, with less than 30 days on their sentence and things like that because of the underlying health pandemic and the fact that we needed to exercise social distancing within the custodial facilities, however, as you know, in the United States today there is a social justice agenda to end bail for those who are incarcerated and this has gone too far.

3. Ned Price:

   Among those taking part will be representatives of the Department's employee affinity groups as well as members of the workforce from different bureaus and career tracks. Participants will also be in different stages of their careers -- some very senior and some relatively junior -- and will represent many of the functions that are so critical to our operations, whether that's custodial support or policymaking.

4. Mark Lucraft:

   These matters are extremely serious and you should be under no illusions when you return for sentence it is extremely likely you will receive custodial sentences, custodial sentences of some length for your conduct.

5. Ayanna Pressley:

   For those that continue to feign great surprise about what happened on January 6. As a Black woman, to be barricaded in my office, using office furniture and water bottles on the ground in the dark that terror, those moments of terror, is familiar in a deep and ancestral way for me, i want us to do everything to ensure that a breach like this never occurs at the Capitol, but I want us to address the evil and scourge that is White supremacy in this nation. This is not only about securing the Capitol to ensure that members and our staffs and custodial staff and food service workers are safe in the Capitol. It is that we are safe in America.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=custodial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Custodial
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custodial