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edile

/ ˈiːdaɪl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of aedile

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The first Gordian, when edile, gave twelve spectacles, in each of which from one hundred and fifty to five hundred pair of gladiators appeared.

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Ae, ā, or yā, modern Scotch form of A.S. �n, one, used as an adjective. �dile, Edile, ē′dīl, n. a magistrate in ancient Rome who had the charge of public buildings, games, markets, police, &c.—n. �′dileship.

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At waterside, Does the shocked eeler lay his congers by, Sighting a Reo driven by an edile?

From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.

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Those whose ancestors or themselves had borne any curule magistracy, that is, had been Consul, Prætor, Censor or Curule Edile, were called nobiles, and had the right of making images of themselves, which were kept with great care by their posterity, and carried before them at funerals.

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