edile

/ (ˈiːdaɪl) /

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noun

a variant spelling of aedile

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Words nearby edile

edification, edificatory, edifice, edify, edifying, edile, Edina, Edinburg, Edinburgh, Edirne, Edison

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How to use edile in a sentence

Neither priest nor edile would they encounter until their return to the same church-tower.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873|Various
From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus
He soon after held the important offices of tribune, quæstor, and edile.
Elements of Military Art and Science|Henry Wager Halleck
Agrippa, in that year when he was edile, put the last hand to the magnificence of these works.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts