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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ancient Rome, a magistrate whose duty was originally the superintendence of public buildings and lands, out of which grew a large number of functions of administration and police.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Rom. Antiq.) See ædile.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of aedile.

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