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.
From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.
He soon after held the important offices of tribune, quæstor, and edile.
Elements of Military Art and Science|Henry Wager HalleckAgrippa, in that year when he was edile, put the last hand to the magnificence of these works.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts