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# custodian

noun

«custodian» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

### Meaning

A person who looks after and guards something, such as a building or a collection. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/custodian/#m1)

### Examples

- Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/custodian/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «custodian» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/custodian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«custodian» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/custodian.html) on Mova free.