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aedile

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ae·​dile | \ ˈē-ˌdī(-ə)l How to pronounce aedile (audio) , ˈē-dᵊl\

Definition of aedile

: an official in ancient Rome in charge of public works and games, police, and the grain supply

Examples of aedile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 But Trump campaigned like a tribune, and Steve Bannon, his former ideologist, was a fitting aedile. — Theodore Kupfer, National Review, "Stock-Market Populism," 22 Aug. 2017

First Known Use of aedile

15th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for aedile

borrowed from Latin aedīlis, from aedēs, aedis "temple, (in plural) abode, house" + -īlis -ile entry 1 — more at edify

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