edile
[ ee-dahyl ]
/ ˈi daɪl /
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noun Roman History.
Nearby words
aedile
or e·dile
[ ee-dahyl ]
/ ˈi daɪl /
noun Roman History.
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
Origin of aedile
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Examples from the Web for edile
From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.
Neither priest nor edile would they encounter until their return to the same church-tower.
Agrippa, in that year when he was edile, put the last hand to the magnificence of these works.
The Book of Curiosities|I. PlattsHe soon after held the important offices of tribune, quæstor, and edile.
Elements of Military Art and Science|Henry Wager Halleck
edile
/ (ˈiːdaɪl) /
noun
a variant spelling of aedile
aedile
sometimes US edile
/ (ˈiːdaɪl) /
noun
a magistrate of ancient Rome in charge of public works, games, buildings, and roads
Word Origin for aedile
C16: from Latin aedīlis concerned with buildings, from aedēs a building
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