Aedileship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The office of an aedile. historical
  2. 2
    The period or duration of this office. historical

    "Two brothers of this name were, as we have seen, the authors of the law which threw open the offices of augur and pontifex to the commons, and afterwards in their aedileship they ornamented the city with several works of art"

Example

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"Two brothers of this name were, as we have seen, the authors of the law which threw open the offices of augur and pontifex to the commons, and afterwards in their aedileship they ornamented the city with several works of art"

Etymology

From aedile + -ship.

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