Word of the Day: CUSTODIAN

custodian (noun) - a person or organization responsible for protecting, maintaining, or caring for something or someone; a person responsible for the care and maintenance of a building

BREAKDOWN: CUSTOD- (guard or keep) + -IAN (one who)

• custodial means relating to guardianship, often in a legal context; alternately, relating to either incarceration or the care and maintenance of a building

“Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future." --Alberto Moravia