Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of an edile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of ædile.
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- noun Alternative form of
aedileship .
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Examples
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A magnificent wooden theatre, built by M. Æmilius Scaurus, in his edileship, B.C. 58, is described by Pliny.
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Marcus Agrippa in his edileship, made no less than seven streams meet together under ground, in one main channel, with such a rapid current, as to carry all before them, that they met with in their passage.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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I promise the Roman people that this shall be the most honorable and the fairest employment of my edileship.
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He was come to Rome, in order to stand candidate for the edileship.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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