AEdile

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

(n) AEdile
ē′dīl a magistrate in ancient Rome who had the charge of public buildings, games, markets, police, &c

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. ædīlis, ædes, -is, a building.

Usage in literature

Gaius Memmius, aedile B.C. "The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1" by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Five years after his Quaestorship, Cicero was elected AEdile, a post of considerable expense from the exhibition of games connected with it. "Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3)" by John Henry Newman

Performed at the Megalensian Games; L. Posthumius Albinus and L. Cornelius Merula being Curule AEdiles. "The Comedies of Terence" by Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence

In the Circensian games, exhibited by the Curule AEdiles, P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, and P. Lentulus, B.C. "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" by Publius Ovidius Naso

It has been impressed by the magnificence or riches of some citizen, and this fits it for appointing an aedile. "The Cult of Incompetence" by Emile Faguet

M. Fulvio M' Glabrione aedil. "The Student's Companion to Latin Authors" by George Middleton

Among all the Quaestors, AEdiles, Praetors, and Consuls Rome had known, none had been better, none honester, none more patriotic. "The Life of Cicero" by Anthony Trollope

Two years later he became aedile. "Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7" by Various

They also recognized the inviolability of the tribunes of the people and of the aediles who represented them. "History of Human Society" by Frank W. Blackmar

It elected these aediles and other lower magistrates of the people. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7" by Various