In the letters crowned with laurel, which, according to ancient custom, were addressed to the provinces, the name of Julian was omitted.
The religion which had so long and so lately been established in the Roman empire was still revered by a numerous people, less attached indeed to speculative opinion, than to ancient custom.
For the Britons still observed the ancient custom of Troy, by which the men and women used to celebrate their festivals apart.
If, therefore, he was resolved to demand justice of Evelinus, he might have it at Trinovantum, according to ancient custom.
An ancient custom prevails at Burnley Grammar School, by which all persons married at St. Peter's Church in that town are fined by the boys.
After a long training in the German wars, they still further increased their reputation in Britain, where their troops had been sent, commanded according to an ancient custom by some of the noblest chiefs.
It is an ancient custom in Germany to credit a number of women with prophetic powers, and with the growth of superstition these develop into goddesses.
The clothing of the Kaaba was an ancient custom of the Pagan Arabs.
The visit of the Omra was likewise an ancient custom.
This custom was abolished, by the Emperor Suinin, about nineteen hundred years ago; and the Nihongi declares that it was then an ancient custom.
Though it be an ancient custom, why follow it, if it is bad?
To-day the offerings usually consist of food and rice-wine, together with symbolic articles representing the costlier gifts of woven stuffs presented by ancient custom.
By ancient custom, she is not permitted to display her grace in the street: she must walk in a particular shrinking manner, turning her feet inward as she patters along upon her wooden sandals.
Christ's Hospital, by ancient custom, possesses the privilege of addressing the Sovereign on the occasion of his or her coming into the City to partake of the hospitality of the Corporation of London.
Presently Tom found himself once more the chief figure in a wonderful floating pageant on the Thames; for by ancient custom the 'recognition procession' through London must start from the Tower, and he was bound thither.
Whilst officiating as high priest, during the Feast of Tabernacles, it was his duty, in accordance with an ancient custom, to pour the contents of a ewer of water upon the altar as an emblem of fruitfulness.
King Shabur asked him whether the practice of burying the dead was founded on the Torah, or whether it was simply an ancient custom.
The paschal candle is painted according to an ancient custom.
Because, according to an ancient custom, it was not lawful to strangle virgins, the young girls were first deflowered by the executioner, and afterwards strangled.
Married women guilty of adultery, though not prosecuted publicly, he authorised the nearest relations to punish by agreement among themselves, according to ancient custom.
It appears from another entry that the ancient custom was "for the minister, together with the consent of the parishioners, to choose the low churchwarden to be head churchwarden for the year.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ancient custom" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
